Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2015

That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone. Here investors are looking for feature problems or quality issues on the current product. Make sure all business processes are documented and integrated. Status of the solution.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 15, 2020

Courts consider several factors when determining whether confusion is likely, including the similarity of the marks, the similarity of the goods, the similarity of trade channels, the fame of the established mark, and the care customers take when buying the product, among others. at the mirror when filing for bankruptcy.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 2, 2020

It is the equal distribution of efforts among production and sales that leads to success. Business expert Elvira Gavrilova * urges the entrepreneurs of all levels to realize that the sales are as significant as production. Elvira Gavrilova: production and sales — balance the scales. Or even more significant.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Which led me to feel somewhat confident purchasing a much larger niche regulatory print newsletter company out of bankruptcy. I appointed Bradd as CEO in early 2019, and within three months not only was the warehouse of vodka empty, we had to expand production beyond the laundromat distillery.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

It’s true that it’s cheaper to start companies now and cheaper to get distribution. This is the time it takes for a bankruptcy or asset sale to occur. I believe that huge financial, productivity and technical gains come from new innovation rather than derivative thinking. Or a quick flip.

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View from Seed

MAY 28, 2020

Advances in technology and changing consumer preferences have long been transforming the way food is created, distributed, and consumed. The food supply chain has been rattled with distribution shifting from restaurants to grocery and with food production bottlenecks resulting from fewer employees at work.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 2, 2017

Key words in any press release to look for are “XYZ product will be shut down so the team can concentrate on new projects, etc.” ” Next Level – Buying Product. Next Level: Buying Customers/Revenue/Distribution. Better that be a smart acquisition than a bankruptcy.

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Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Even in purely online businesses, to scale from zero to millions of users: in the 1990s, an Internet company might have had to build a whole data center from scratch (as we did at Excite@Home, only to ultimately shut it down in bankruptcy ).

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The company was started six weeks ago, had no sales and no retail distribution yet. It eventually came out that she had previously been a co-founder of a company that had made a very similar product and had sold $150,000 worth of slips over 18 months. They did not have any meaningful proof of product-market fit.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Run great meetings (don’t be a productivity drain on the company). But this isn’t restricted to distributed teams, multi-country environments or even large companies. It is such an under-discussed issue as we spend our time in startups mostly talking about products, marketing and fund raising.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

It was accept the terms or go into bankruptcy so we took the money. The more senior members you have (say you already have a CEO, CTO, VP marketing, VP Biz Dev, VP Products) then the less options you’ll need and vice versa. This states how the proceeds from a sale or dissolution of the company will be distributed.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2016

That’s the only way they’d know at what price they should offer a product, while maintaining a good profit margin and keeping up with the competition. The price is one of the first things that a consumer notices about a product and is one of the deciding factors when it comes to their decision to buy it or not.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 27, 2022

A well-run supply chain can spell the difference between a thriving business and one that’s teetering on bankruptcy. This leads to decreased production costs and a more efficient overall operation. SCM also helps ensure that supplies are delivered on time, minimizing disruptions to your production schedule.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. —> Individual company bankruptcy risk —-> Traditional Equity VC . Early-stage: Cofounder with engineering/ product background from top-tier university or major technology company. Early liquidity. Flexible VC.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2016

By Jay DesMarteau, head of small business and government banking distribution for TD Bank. Bankruptcies, prior judgements from creditors, late payments or a lack of a credit history can be obstacles when applying for financing on behalf of the business. Last year the U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2018

Something powerful is shaking up the Manufacturing industry and it will change the way we work and produce products forever. To achieve this, present technological innovations need to be explored, developed, and adapted into every step of the production process. by Donald Chan, founder of IMPACT! Brand Communications.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 8, 2019

My career was off to a memorable start since my first day coincided with the day that Lehman filed for Bankruptcy. Tell us about your products and services. We give our clients an alternative banking experience to the traditional model that is focused on technology, innovation, easy-to-use products and financial education.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Should I buy this product? This is a product in the $20–35 range. Before, they were on the brink of bankruptcy. Sure, they made all sorts of great products when Steve Jobs came back. When I was a copywriting intern, I remember an art director who bought stock in pre-Jobs Apple because he loved the product so much.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Q lipso, an Israeli startup funded by JVP (see previous VC Cafe post ), has announced the acquisition of the assets of Veoh , a user generated video site, on the virge of its declaration of bankruptcy. Qlipso’s product enables users to simultaneously watch flash-nased contents including video and casual games.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 16, 2015

There are no new products or services. Any day there could be layoffs, or worse yet, a bankruptcy. Control its distribution. I needed this job during the recession, but now that the job market is beginning to grow, well… The commute has become unbearable. My boss does not appreciate me and is continually on my case.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Sloan realized that the traditional centralized management structures (like General Motors had in 1920) were poor fits for the management of GM’s already diverse product lines. Finally, GM created the notion of perpetual demand within brands by continually obsoleting their own products yearly with new models rolled out every year.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Automation allows you to spend less time on tedious tasks and will help boost productivity, especially within a small marketing team. Russell Rothstein, Founder and CEO, IT Central Station , a product review site, said, “We see VCs on our site very often. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

That’s why we founded Reco, an E-commerce store that sells reusable and sustainable alternatives to single-use products. Since both sets of my parents went through bankruptcy while I was a child, learning about how to manage money became almost an obsession of mine. Thanks to Andy Smith, Reco ! #10- Photo Credit: Amanda L.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Your plan should include your overall marketing strategy as well as specific tactics for what your products and/or services will be, how you will promote your products/services, price your products/services and distribute your products/services. What marketing activities can you do for free?

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Sometimes it makes sense to insulate entrepreneurs from pressure to make money while they build their products, Mr. Siegel said. Personal Technology.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Write your press release, distribute them via email, and create an easy-to-update press room for your company. Nolo : Nolo is a fantastic, trusted resource for their free and informative legal information; their website is chock full of accurate and helpful information on everything from bankruptcy to divorce to patents.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2016

If your site receives high volumes of traffic that are globally distributed, third-party solutions can be a tremendous help. Sticker Mule ’s original homepage (featured below) contained just four top-tier products and everything essentially lived “above the fold.” Adding all of their products to the homepage hurt revenue by nearly 48%.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

Most people want to visit your site, do some research, go away, visit other sites, come back to yours, get more confidence about your brand, go back to Google and compare reviews/prices, come back to your site and add the product/service to the cart, go and ask their spouse/boss for permission, come back and buy from you (or the other site).

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 29, 2020

And while each episode ostensibly showed players working hard to sell products or create marketing campaigns, their real job was to curry favor with Trump. On The Apprentice , two teams competed against each other, but ultimately it was every man for himself. In the first week of June, Trump reportedly stopped speaking with Dr. Fauci.

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