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CEO Converts Deep Knowledge to Actionable Steps in Image Consulting

Hearpreneur

A a communications major, I always found time for the nonverbal communication classes, but I didn’t make the connection between “my great passion and the world’s deep need” until a friend of mine went through bankruptcy in 2009 walking around with the droopy shoulders a hung head.

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Are You Building A Business That’s ‘80 Miles Wide and An Inch Deep’?

YoungUpstarts

Or having products that seemingly have application across a series of vertical markets and attempting to penetrate all of them. Yet I have seen countless companies drive themselves from profitability to the brink of bankruptcy, by either over-expanding or thinking they can be “all things to all people.”

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

By comparison, traditional VC has a bankruptcy rate of 30-40%. According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently. According to Indie.VC

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The impact of Covid-19 on Livestreaming adoption

VC Cafe

In this post, I cover the rise of why this is the case, and offer lots of examples of verticals and applications as well as opportunities for startups and streamers. Live entertainment shows – HQ Trivia is back from bankruptcy with an unnamed buyer and regular programming is set to return soon.

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SuperMac War Story 4: Repositioning SuperMac – “Market Type” at.

Steve Blank

But we didn’t have infinite cash; we had just emerged from bankruptcy, and unless we could get customers to quickly understand why our products were great, we were headed there again.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. the Untouched Vertical. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. TruthFinder and Intelius provide basic background vetting. Private Equity Software and Services Directory.

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The Curse of a New Building « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Lets Fix Everything that Was Broken At SuperMac we were excited to finally get out of the crummy tiltup we had occupied since the company emerged from bankruptcy. That’s when things went south. Now with cash in hand, we wanted to fix everything that seemed broken and annoying about our office environment.