Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

According to a recent article on Thrinacia , there are now aver 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence, currently estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to 2022. Even with this, crowdfunding today means any one of the following five quite different models: Rewards model.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This article is a guest post by Christoph Engelhardt of SaaSEmailMarketing.net. The emails I’m highlighting here are easy to set up and pack a punch – ideal for early-stage products. In today’s article you’ll learn exactly how to leverage those emails. You’ll learn how to: increase your signup conversions by 15%.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This article is a guest post by Christoph Engelhardt of SaaSEmailMarketing.net. The emails I’m highlighting here are easy to set up and pack a punch – ideal for early-stage products. In today’s article you’ll learn exactly how to leverage those emails. You’ll learn how to: increase your signup conversions by 15%.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Salonpas patches for back pain because I’m old, Andytown coffee and this GQ article about a band of watch thieves. We happen to have invested in several of these and I’ll be excited to talk more about them in a future post! Notes and More. to Fair Fight supporting voter rights. Things I’m Enjoying. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Last year I published an article on Forbes on this topic – The 5 S’s of VC deal filtering. No product visual: Even if you’re at the very early stages, you must have at least some product visuals, mockups, and wireframes in your deck. Stake – can the fund secure it’s minimum stake in the business?

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Crowdfunding is also an option where you can raise funds through crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter, but unfortunately Indian regulation only allows crowdfunding for some non-profit Check out this article if you want to know more about crowdfunding: 10 things about running a successful crowdfunding campaign. ? Early-stage.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 8, 2014

This article originally appeared on the CMX Hub. As Product Hunts first hire, I work with our founder Ryan Hoover oncommunity, marketing, business development, and all the other random things that people at early-stage startups do. Erik Torenberg is Product Hunts first hire. Product Hunts core is itscommunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2014

In reality, very few executives or professional stars from large corporations survive in the early-stage startup environment. I agree with the seven survival challenges from Michael Fertik, in an old Harvard Business Review article , for executives making the transition: Empire-building skills are counter-productive.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. I’d like to make the case that the article is wrong. ” Whenever I work with early-stage teams I have discussions about the meat & potatoes of online marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

It was an amazing gathering of some of the most ambitious early-stage CEO’s looking to make a dent in fields related to healthcare, biology, AI and other transformative fields. I also wrote an entire series on the topic of Startup Boards if you want to do any more reading that link has several articles you can dig into.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

This article initially appeared on TechCrunch. If you’re an early-stage enterprise startup services revenue is exactly what you need. The most important way to sell a product for an early-stage business (or frankly any stage) is to have strong referenceable customers. I believe it’s flawed.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

This article previously appeared in War On The Rocks. Urgency and risk-taking in a startup are integral parts of the culture, felt by 100 percent of early-stage employees. There was a time when much of U.S. academia was engaged in weapon systems research for the Defense Department and intelligence community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2013

In reality, very few executives or professional stars from large corporations survive in the early-stage startup environment. I agree with the seven survival challenges from Michael Fertik, in an old Harvard Business Review article , for executives making the transition: Empire-building skills are counter-productive.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Sean Silcoff had a thoughtful article in Saturday’s Globe & Mail on my path from entrepreneur to investor. The post The most important lesson learned in early-stage investing appeared first on Version One. Many of our bets might fail.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

we have big tech (AAPL, AMZN, FB, GOOG ,TSLA), big early stage bets ( Restream’s $50M Series A ), big late stage bets ( RigUp’s $300M Series D ), consumer tech , fintech , insuretech , healthtech , CPG , DTC … the list goes on. Plenty of articles have been written on this phenomenon so far so I won’t belabor the point.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. I have seen bad behavior from later-stage VCs, believe me. But I have seen equally bad behavior from super early stage investors. As always a balanced perspective is in order.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2019

But for the purposes of this article, we’re using broad brushstrokes to paint risk as a bad thing. For startups in the early stages of growth and development, it’s almost always better to avoid high-risk scenarios in order that core interests can be preserved. Do you know where to start? Putting it All Together.

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Gust

AUGUST 19, 2022

Having worked with hundreds of founders and early-stage startups, I often hear questions in regards to setting up an Advisory Board. I will address some of the common questions I’ve heard over the years in this article and share some insights I’ve gained as both a founder and as an advisor.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 31, 2021

In this article, I’ll outline how to create an agency content strategy that fuels your business development efforts and generates the optimal kind of organic traffic. Uncovering popular articles and conversations will show you what people are most interested in, which is useful for “seeding” your content research.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2021

If you send out how-to articles every week and those are the only emails Customer A clicks on, then segment them into a group receiving only how-to emails. For example, if you want to write an article, you would look at a particular audience member type. Another way to utilize the information is through email marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

I hear tons of ideas for early-stage apps. 12m on a $60m for an early-stage business is a not a bet that most LA firms could or would take. Are you beating up every Silicon Valley VC that didn’t do Facebook or Google or Uber early? Because that would a very long and bitchy article I’m sure. I should have.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2011

In reality, very few executives or professional stars from large corporations thrive in the early-stage startup environment. I agree with the seven survival issues summarized by Michael Fertik, in an old Harvard Business Review article , for executives making the transition: Empire-building skills are counter-productive.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

It should help some entrepreneurs to better access early-stage capital and should allow some angel investors better access to deal flow. Syndicates can move faster in early-stage deals than rounding up 40 individual investors. I haven’t proof read this article. For starters, what is AngelList Syndicates?

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 22, 2023

This article will explore the current state of the Metaverse in Europe and examine the obstacles it needs to overcome to achieve its potential. However, despite the hype surrounding the concept, Europe still faces significant challenges if it wants to establish a strong presence in the Metaverse.

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Gust

OCTOBER 5, 2014

In reality, very few executives or professional stars from large corporations survive in the early-stage startup environment. I agree with the seven survival challenges from Michael Fertik, in an old Harvard Business Review article , for executives making the transition: Empire-building skills are counter-productive.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

This article originally appeared in the Harvard Business Review. As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?”.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Though RBI will displace some traditional equity VC, its much bigger impact will be to expand the pool of capital available for early-stage entrepreneurs. . However, only recently have early-stage companies started to use this model at any scale. . I posted this as a contributed article in Techcrunch.

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Up and Running

APRIL 12, 2021

Establishing a performance management strategy and a feedback culture early on, even with 1-2 employees, will improve employees’ performance, ultimately contributing to the overall companies’ success. Create employee performance management processes early on. Unclear objectives & tasks.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

In this article, we will discuss why it is important to understand the whole startup stages concept before you start a business to get the most benefit. Early Stage. This startup stage starts from the day you decide to work on a startup idea. Here is the complete list of points available in early stage startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according to a classic Crunchbase article. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

In this article, I’ll share what I’ve learned and detail the exact steps you should take to put yourself in a position to succeed. And while this was a good start, a significant position of these companies were early-stage startups. why were you searching for this article or product?) Let’s dive in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In reality, very few executives or professional stars from large corporations thrive in the early-stage startup environment. Michael Fertik, in a recent Harvard Business Review article , summarized the key differences for people trying to survive the transition: Forget influence- and empire-building. Never cover your a$$.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 15, 2018

If you can’t find a banker which will buy such an early-stage company (which is likely), I suggest at least mail directly all the likely acquirers with whom you have an existing relationship. Since your early days, hopefully you kept a list of likely acquirers and made an effort to get to know them. Consider a banker.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In this article, we’ll take a quick look at the big picture, and then talk through options for funding. The rare exception is a special case, in which investors know an entrepreneur well and are ready to invest in them at an early stage. Deciding to take on some kind of debt is quite common. Nobody invests in ideas or plans.

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Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

As such, Top Hat can provide key lessons for early-stage companies: 1. Top Hat adopted a bottoms-up approach to distribution, as covered in the Globe and Mail article: Sales took off after Top Hat ignored advice and flipped its sales strategy. They took an innovative approach to distribution.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

In this article, we are going to discuss five tips that you can follow for your startup to stand out from other local businesses. In order to gain recognition, you must establish great local visibility during the early stages. Interested in learning more? Start by becoming listed on all of the relevant directories.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2015

It is my privilege to work with the next generation’s best and brightest in the early stages of their careers. Many of his thoughts are reflected in the following article: In the tech world, many new entrepreneurs have never before held leadership positions. Leadership vs. Authority.

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