Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2021

From Amazon basing recommendations on past browsing behavior to companies greeting people by name, you’ll see examples of personalization everywhere. Businesses often use emails to segment their audience and send them offers they’d be most interested in. Give them gifts. Everyone loves a free gift. Offer them something they’d like.

Customer 118

Customer Marketing Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 118

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. You are now entering the rollout stage , with money required for marketing, hiring a full-time team, and a production process.

Angel Investor 313

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Angel investors are still the lifeblood of early-stage startups, despite the surge of activity in crowdfunding and an increasing early interest from venture capitalists. Come with a product built and a proven business model. In addition, your company and social media names are key intellectual property.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Angel Groups 120

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 8, 2021

A catchy name goes a long way to cement your brand in people’s minds, but you’ll also need the help of brand differentiation to distinguish your company from others. . Everything from the naming of your startup to your ongoing marketing efforts depends on your high-level strategy. What is this business’s course of growth?

Startup 127

Startup Retention Acquisition Agile 127

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” Percentages may be difficult at this early stage, but you need to get creative about slicing and dicing the market, sector, demographic, and sub-categories.

Hockey Stick 304

Hockey Stick Early Stage Metrics Acquisition 304

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Get a real customer and real revenue.

Intellectual Property 281

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Sweat Equity CTO Hire 281

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. You are now entering the rollout stage , with money required for marketing, hiring a full-time team, and a production process.

Angel Investor 370

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Make sure these cover your business model and exit strategy, so the angels see how both of you will make a reasonable return.

Search 317

Search Accredited Investor Angel Investor Venture Capital 317

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people. Creating this value is anchored in finding a repeatable, scalable business model. focusing your due diligence on the future to get the best sense of the business’ potential. Underpinning this growth is good governance.

Technical Review 88

Technical Review Software Review New Zealand Due Diligence 88

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Get a real customer and real revenue.

Intellectual Property 260

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 260

Steve Blank

MARCH 16, 2016

Some quick VC math : If a VC invests in ten early stage startups, on average, five will fail, three will return capital, and one or two will be “winners” and make most of the money for the VC fund. The odds on day-one are that you can’t name anyone. Step 4: Generate the business case for the potential acquirer.

Liquidity Event 120

Liquidity Event Founder Liquidation Preference Private Equity 120

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Real Ventures , an early-stage, Canadian-based fund, runs a two-day Founder Camp every six months. In-house, brand-name guru. The ability to answer quickly and confidently when your business model is having holes poked in it during diligence is really powerful. Advantages. Disadvantages.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

As a startup, you’re working with limited resources and a lean business model. Building your brand presence on specialized outlets holds immense value for your business – especially in early stages. Now, the startup and its software solutions are both household names. Prioritize social networks.

Social Media 158

Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Get a real customer and real revenue.

Intellectual Property 253

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 253

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. This isn’t true.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

I challenge any entrepreneur, for example, to define the difference between "seed-stage" and "early-stage" financing. Asking for early-stage money before you have customers and revenue will likely kill your credibility with real investors. Yet, knowing this distinction is important.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Finance Early Stage Startup 120

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Don’t forget to choose a sound business model. Whether it is advertisement model, B2C (Business to Consumer) ecommerce, affiliate or subscription, picking the right choice could determine the rise or fall of your business. Step 2: Name your business. Step 3: Register your business.

Software Review 45

Software Review Hosting Intellectual Property Naming 45

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Get a real customer and real revenue.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 222

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Starting with the first point, in general, IP assets of demonstrable value that are relevant to the startup’s business can only help when pitching investors. This could include anything from a clever domain name in the coveted.com TLD to issued patents or patent applications that could serve as barriers to entry for potential competitors.

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

To be clear: most serial entrepreneurs who are working on an early-stage concept know that whatever they’re working on in year 1 is likely to be dramatically different than what they’re doing in year 5. That might even mean a totally different business or it might just be a totally different business model.

Entrepreneur 291

Entrepreneur Term Sheet Early Stage Affiliate 291

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. First up today was Yogesh Sharma presenting Rangrut.com , a business that connects employers with learning institutions and on-campus students to fill job openings.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. We can derive GeoInvenio's business model and pricing model based on that. You can select the business you like best through a poll on the 1M/1M Facebook page.

Costa Rica 115

Costa Rica Incubator Silicon Valley India 115

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. CB Insights , Preqin and Mattermark were also named as platforms that are regularly updated by GPs.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. You are now entering the rollout stage , with money required for marketing, hiring a full-time team, and a production process.

Angel Investor 184

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

But to do it, you need to actually have a sustainable business model. Starting a business is too risky. For the past 30 years great colleges have approached recruitment by creating a list of names from the PSATs and then sending out glossy brochures. The problem was had the wrong business model at the time.

Cofounder 145

Cofounder Entrepreneur Africa Sales Cycle 145

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

It’s probably not too controversial to say that the median level of sophistication of early stage entrepreneurs in Los Angeles is lower than that of Bay Area. Go to any of the LinkedIn profiles of entrepreneurs in Bay Area and you see names like Google, eBay, Apple, Yahoo, PayPal, and Facebook littered throughout.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Register the trademarks that you will use in your business. Give early thought to these matters and obtain registrations to cut down the possibility of another business trading off your name and reputation. Write Roles in Contracts. These smart clauses make for quicker or cheaper fixes. Document Everything.

Intellectual Property 59

Intellectual Property Startup Government Technical Review 59

Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Yet amidst all the partisan cheerleading and name-calling, there has been some discussion of substance. One particular four-letter word has been used pervasively by candidates of all stripes: Jobs. Department of Labor statistics show that an estimated 171,000 new jobs were created in the month of October.

Silicon Valley 187

Silicon Valley San Francisco Intellectual Property Accredited Investor 187

Steve Blank

AUGUST 15, 2016

But to do it, you need to actually have a sustainable business model. Starting a business is too risky. For the past 30 years great colleges have approached recruitment by creating a list of names from the PSATs and then sending out glossy brochures. The problem was had the wrong business model at the time.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Entrepreneur Africa Sales Cycle 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2018

They use the Business Model (or Mission Model ) Canvas to keep track of their key hypotheses and then rapidly test them by talking to customers and iterating their Minimal Viable Products. Diagram Your Business Model. The best way to start is by drawing a business model canvas. Strategy diagram.

Marketing 325

Marketing Startup Government SEC 325

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

You know, could you look at my business plan? See if the business model works, all these questions. So if you're running a small business, usually what you're doing, if it's a consulting business or any type of business, you are doing something similar to what other people have done in the past. powered by.

San Francisco 95

San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 95

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

But, in the alleys, most of the improvised cafés and galleries that used to enliven the city have been cleared away, in the name of order; overhead, the race to build new skyscrapers, which attracted designers from around the world, has stalled. This summer, I had a drink with an intellectual I’ve known for years.

Venture Capital 64

Venture Capital China Government Early Stage 64

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

What everyone can agree on, though, is that there are definitely more seed and early stage funds now than ever before, and more people willing to give money to young companies looking to make it big. Direct Revenue, meaning no three-way business models and no advertising, media, or content. Frighteningly Early.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

Haystack

JUNE 30, 2019

As the economy is now driven by technology, many folks are interested in venture — which I will admit, if you love it, is an incredible role with a fantastic business model (if things work out). The school name doesn’t really matter here, because this advice is actually relevant to anyone who covets this path.

Early Stage 157

Early Stage Government Business Model Technology 157

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

What better way to test your product and business model than in front of 200 people within your target sector! These sessions were a significant contribution to the success of my US trip and I made improvements to my business model based on what I learned. I’d been tagging in a link to a video announcement.

Texas 48

Texas Stealth Austin Australia 48

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” Percentages may be difficult at this early stage, but you need to get creative about slicing and dicing the market, sector, demographic, and sub-categories.

Hockey Stick 266

Hockey Stick Early Stage Metrics Acquisition 266

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

It never hurts to start networking personally with all levels of investors early, but sending out teasers and business plans to every name you can find on the Internet is a waste of your time and theirs. You are now entering the rollout stage , with money required for marketing, hiring a full-time team, and a production process.

Angel Investor 232

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232