Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Yet according to the latest data from AngelSoft , only about 3 out of 100 companies who initiate the formal request process actually get funded. The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. Define some intellectual property.

Angel Investor 224

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Technical Review Elevator Pitch 224

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2011

It’s always painful when a startup fails, but as a mentor to founders, I would hope that you can learn from these failings and not stumble on the same issues. I’ve written about these before, but since I see them so often, I thought it might be worth reiterating: “Business plans are for dummies.” We have no competitors.”

Sweat Equity 246

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Social Network 246

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint. Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 222

Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Instead, you’re maintaining your crisis plan while looking for previously non-existent opportunities to gain traction going into 2021. Today, the analysts of McKinsey Digital agree that the crisis has led to emerging business opportunities, and the recovery from COVID-19 will be primarily digital. 5G Network.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Analytics Forecast Artificial Inteligence 131

YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2011

Although there is never a guarantee a business will be successful after taking so and so steps, a business can always reduce its risks and give it the best opportunity to succeed. Implement these tools to keep your business from failing: Understand your customer better than anyone else. Business planning/strategy.

Intellectual Property 244

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Technical Review Business Plan 244

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. Adapt, adopt and extend is probably a better description.

China 324

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 324

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2010

It’s always painful when a startup fails, but as a mentor to founders I would hope that you can learn from these failings and not stumble on the same issues: “Business plans are for dummies.” Some startups think business plans are only for investors. We have no competitors.” More features than anyone.”

Sweat Equity 130

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 130

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. Adapt, adopt and extend is probably a better description.

China 216

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 216

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the Angel perspective (as a member of an Angel group screening committee). If the founders are not experienced, find a couple of advisors from the business sector to fill the gap.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 260

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2013

Here are six key reasons, from a business perspective: Direct competition is huge. This business suffers from what Paul Graham calls the ‘chicken and the egg problem‘ – no one wants to use a dating site with only a few users. Intellectual property is tough. Social networks.

Intellectual Property 215

Intellectual Property Social Network Matching Viral 215

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2013

Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain. Like most professionals, when I get a business plan, I flip first to the founders section to see if it is a balanced team who has been there and done that.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Mexico Startup China 261

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2011

Here are six key reasons, from a business perspective: Direct competition is huge. This business suffers from what Paul Graham calls the ‘chicken and the egg problem‘ – no one wants to use a dating site with only a few users. Intellectual property is tough. Social networks.

Intellectual Property 229

Intellectual Property Social Network Matching Viral 229

Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the Angel perspective (as a member of an Angel group screening committee). If the founders are not experienced, find a couple of advisors from the business sector to fill the gap.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 179

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2012

Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain. Like most professionals, when I get a business plan, I flip first to the founders section to see if it is a balanced team who has been there and done that.

Intellectual Property 271

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Mexico China 271

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

By Issie Lapowsky | Aug 6, 2010 Share ); Getty Related Articles The New Rules of Hiring Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring? The referrals the company got, especially from vendors and external partners were, in Perraults words, "spot on," and the experiment was a success. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

Intellectual Property 55

Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. I’m still waiting for a startup to proclaim real success from this approach. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary.

Non-disclosure Agreement 230

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Startup Social Media 230

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain. Like most professionals, when I get a business plan, I flip first to the founders section to see if it is a balanced team who has been there and done that.

Intellectual Property 223

Intellectual Property Mexico Startup China 223

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2010

So please don’t send me any more business plans along these lines, looking for investor funding, with no marketing budget, and promising huge returns. Here are a few of the reasons, from a business perspective: Direct competition is huge. Intellectual property is tough. Social networks and search engines.

Intellectual Property 124

Intellectual Property Social Network Matching Viral 124

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. An additional list of business resources for startups is available here. Also includes the most popular platforms, based on a year of data on business buy and sell marketplace, Flippa.com. Social networking.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. Intellectual property is jeopardized.

Non-disclosure Agreement 149

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Startup Social Media 149

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A more efficient approach to fundraising than haphazard networking is to mine the data exhaust from the limited partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. For one thing, you’ll learn from his mistakes. Try Google.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Useful blogs and links for startups Click Here ————– 2.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

The businesses, it seems, vastly over-estimate their ability to raise funds. Meanwhile, the VCs surveyed indicated that their firms are only doing a few deals every six months and go through one hundred business plans to close one deal. Especially since even Youtube is still struggling to try find a viable business model.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Weve got a little funding from VCs. You show this by giving completely generic arguments to one line sentences from his post. From "Think and Grow Rich". Anyone that thinks they got everything figured out from day one deserves to be called a retard. But losing to competition is also a likely outcome. Isnt it? >>

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

A well-maintained mailing list tends to convert much better than traffic from other sources. So in a desperate attempt to get things moving in the right direction, I experimented for a week by killing my free plan. I didn’t tell anyone that I was getting rid of my free plan, I simply deleted it from my pricing page.

Software Review 78

Software Review Software Revenue Cofounder 78