The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Hiring the right people is critical, but it’s just the beginning. It’s not just about a logo or a tagline; it’s the experience you promise your customers. Develop a marketing strategy that leverages both digital and traditional channels. Building Your Team A venture is only as strong as its team.

Intellectual Property 132

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Business Model Bootstrapping 132

Spencer Fry

APRIL 17, 2017

Days before the conference started, I was asked (and felt honored) to lead two workshops on bootstrapping vs. raising money. Having started and sold 3 successful bootstrapped businesses, and am now running 1 venture capital backed business ( Coach ), this is a topic I know a thing or two about. What's “good” about bootstrapping.

Bootstrapping 63

Bootstrapping Cap Table Liquidation Preference Cofounder 63

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

(For more on how this plays into the process of scaling up, see the Customer Creation stage of the customer development model.) Perhaps they’ll be able to hire someone especially skilled in the marketing skills needed to find this positioning. Labels: agile , customer development 15comments: Scott Shapiro said.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In my last post, I mentioned that you should strive to hire people with the right kind of ambition. You can bootstrap your way into existence. Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Long back-story here.)

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. Also, make a bullet list of the marketing activities that will drive customers to your door. If you don’t yet have a team yet, list the roles you need to hire for. Step 5: Get financed. The business model. Domain Names and Trademark Law.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

in developing these new models. We believe that using the customer development process to monetize these assets through new business models can create huge competitive advantage and more speed to market for us and other big companies. Filed under: Big Companies versus Startups: Durant versus Sloan , Customer Development.

Lean 327

Lean Nepal Cofounder Customer Development 327

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

They have many, many man-years of development and customer development in them. You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance. Edwin: There are a million others. It’s bundled in different groups.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220