The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

This suggests the firm should have a list of paying customers, consistent sales cycles, a clear value proposition, and a developing revenue pipeline in the ideal situation. One needs to evaluate their go-to-market strategy, distribution channels, scalability, execution team, and so on at this time.

Seed Stage 126

Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 126

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. You can read more about Freshdesk on the 1M/1M Incubation Radar today.

India 123

India Bootstrapping Non-Compete Entrepreneur 123

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

First up was Brad Barrett presenting GrillGrate , a grill accessory with which Brad has built a year-to-date revenue of $400,000. With enterprise customers, this would result in tremendous exit barriers, making sales cycles long and involved, which a small startup will find hard to withstand. GrillGrate. JCLABoutique.com.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

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MAY 12, 2011

Vrushali is moderator of a forum for technical documentation professionals and gets a lot of her clients through that channel. First up, Vrushali Humnabadkar from Pune, India, presented Penworks, a technical documentation outsourcing service. She has, thus far, not done any other formal customer acquisition initiative.

San Francisco 125

San Francisco Entrepreneur Silicon Valley India 125

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MAY 4, 2011

Manoj is experiencing a long sales cycle of close to 12 months, but he has already created a sustainable company that has revenues and profits. go-to-market strategy, and I advised him to try to recruit a channel partner like SuccessFactor or Taleo with major presence in the talent management space.

India 116

India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116