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. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels.

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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. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels.

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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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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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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

A corporate investor can provide diversity on the Board as someone who thinks differently from independent VCs. Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategic’ investors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Some corporate funds lead rounds and take board seats, others don’t.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

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. Intrinsically, our product consists of fresh, colorful, organic material that is perfectly suited to photography. Are you active on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, etc?

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

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. Intrinsically, our product consists of fresh, colorful, organic material that is perfectly suited to photography. Are you active on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, etc?

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