Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 19, 2013
The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. The more your product is integrated with other systems the lower your churn rate will be. And the other thing.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
Season 4 of week 10 of Shark Tank was interesting because two of the pitches were for internet businesses that I could imagine seeing in my day job as a Silicon Valley Venture Capitalis t. With a 15% churn rate, that suggests about $7 in lifetime value. I cover one of them, for Nearly Newlyweds, over at Entrepreneur.com.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
Instead of spending 4 years at university, I spend 4 years starting 2 internet companies that failed. What is the first step in creating an internet-based business (After planning) ? Co-founders are the highest form of dilution to a business. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur? The way I do it.
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