Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product. All this was done without damaging anyone’s credibility, or stealing customers. Ability to up-sell customers with related products.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

Source: Ben Thompson The missed opportunity of Media The realization that most people do not want to pay for the “core” product called news came late. Generative AI (or Gen AI for short) certainly further democratises the creation of all sorts of media – we could call it a “digital production revolution”. What do you think?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product. All this was done without damaging anyone’s credibility, or stealing customers. Ability to up-sell customers with related products.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Startup Non-Compete 257

OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

The book has been described by a few CEOs who read it and commented early for me along the lines of “The Lean Startup movement is great, but this book starts where most of those books end and takes you through the ‘so you have a product that works in-market – now what?’ Chapter 3: Telling the Story to Your Investors…The Business Plan is Dead.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategic’ investors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. Some corporate VCs even have seed funds.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Provides application performance management (APM) software solution that helps web sites manage distributed applications in high-volume production environments; features include: application mapping, transaction flow monitoring, code-level diagnostics, and cloud orchestration. I believe that “strategic&# money is an oxymoron.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

HW: All of the social platforms claim to help small businesses and brands amplify their voice, find their customers. How do you decide which products to dedicate time and attention? BS: We are active on all of the social media channels above, save for Tumblr. Are you active on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, etc?

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