Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Over a coffee in a small office in Cupertino (yes, their name is related to their founding hometown), we talked about how it was the right time to build a new networking company due to the confluence of three major trends: cloud, software defined networking (SDN), and the consumerization of IT. The discussion struck a chord with us.

Networking 153

Networking Technical Review Cloud Software Review 153

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

How to evaluate New Businesses at Their Infancy, Their Early Stages, and Their Growth Stages Evaluating a new business venture involves elements of both art and science. During the pre-seed fundraising stage, investors need a viable business plan to base their investments on.

Seed Stage 148

Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 148

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. Joel met his co-founder for Fog Creek software and learned a valuable management lesson.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software St. Louis API 285

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Distributed version control model – first in the industry like ours and we are filing patents. Page 4: Business Model.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

1) Your idea is undifferentiated Investors see thousands of businesses a year. And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. There were/are so many freakin’ ad networks / ad exchanges / ad platforms out there that LaunchBit was just undifferentiated. But VCs look at unit economics in different ways.

Sales Cycle 54

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 54

Hippoland

AUGUST 16, 2018

1) Your idea is undifferentiated Investors see thousands of businesses a year. And, your idea is 50th social networking site of the week. There were/are so many freakin’ ad networks / ad exchanges / ad platforms out there that LaunchBit was just undifferentiated. But VCs look at unit economics in different ways.

Sales Cycle 48

Sales Cycle Differentiation Early Stage Bootstrapping 48

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. To fully appreciate why consultants often do not fulfill a startup’s needs, it is important to understand the typical consulting engagement sales cycle. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40