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David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 23, 2019
The challenge we all have as business founders is to move from the idea stage to a real business. Do the same for partners and co-founders that will buttress your strengths. Set target date milestones and metrics to gauge progress. Consult with business peers to learn what you need.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 6, 2021
In reality, too many choices actually dilutes customer interest in your existing market, and makes your job of production, marketing, and support much more complex. It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals.
Startup Lessons Learned
JULY 5, 2010
I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. Brant and Patrick undertook a difficult challenge: to provide a generally accessible introduction to Customer Development, without diluting its impact or dumbing-down its principles.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
This is a guest post from Stephano Kim , former co-founder of Web 1.0 Many startup CEOs hire COOs or launch companies with a co-founder carrying the title. When should founders hire one? The needs of each founder are so different from the next, and the challenges his/her business faces are even more diverse.
Ben's Blog
AUGUST 17, 2020
When speaking with founders and private growth investors, we hear countless references to “multiples paid” on current or near-term revenue; both obsess over this because a higher multiple translates to a higher valuation. A multiple is a company value divided by a metric.
Duct Tape Marketing
APRIL 7, 2022
Marcel is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. 20:05] Why wouldn’t you use a resource plan with your white label partners to some degree? [20:52] Marketing Podcast with Marcel Petitpas.
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