Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

It proved to be fortuitous because it allowed me the time & space I needed to get to know tons of founders and VCs and to hone my craft. The advantage is that in many of our best deals we now have $50+ million invested so we can really support entrepreneurs as their businesses scale. VCs have different views and strategies on this.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

So Member Desk is a virtual and yet it can also be physical, literally sitting in the front of the co- working space inexpensive way to do that for pretty much any organization. They now do extra- merchandise so fan selling other fans merchandise that they made but this time with IP rights and everybody makes money, which is pretty cool.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

So far, I have found "lean startup" works better with the entrepreneurs Ive talked to than "agile startup" or even "extreme startup.") The wise entrepreneur will take this advice seriously in order to distill his ideas down to their essence. What are the characteristics of a lean startup? No more, no less.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2023

He is the co-founder of McKee Wallwork, a nationally recognized marketing advisory firm that made the Inc. 02:15] What’s a typical day of turns for an entrepreneur? [03:25] So, I mean, what's a typical day of turns, you know, look like for an entrepreneur? In the day of an entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice).

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs. For instance, if a consultant proposes to help you with public relations, pay them a commission equivalent to the greater of a flat fee per story placed or a percentage of revenue generated from the PR coverage. infoChachkie. Thanks for visiting! John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

For instance, Columbia has launched a variety of explicitly interdisciplinary centers in recent years, including the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute , Columbia Data Science Institute ; the Brown Institute for Media Innovation ; or cross-school courses such as Columbia Business and Engineering’s Research to Revenue course.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 27, 2015

We charge a flat fee of $2,000, plus filing fees, for up to three co-founders and it includes unlimited phone calls and emails. Thus, founders never have to worry about picking-up the phone and asking their lawyers questions. Button-down IP ownership and assignment issues (see post here ). //www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1A44ShZfWo.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

On Friday, I spent a couple of hours at my alma mater talking with student entrepreneurs about their companies. And there’s an entrepreneur coming into the room in 10 minutes. Have the co-founders worked together before? lifetime value] [How much revenue are you making and how has this changed over the last few months?

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I urge all entrepreneurs to consult and develop a good working relationship with a qualified startup lawyer. Likewise, founders can benefit from understanding basic characteristics of the overall legal structure, formation and governance documents, rights and responsibilities of team members, etc. Newco, Inc.”)

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2013

As Boulder continues to gain visibility as a great place to create companies, I’ve decided to highlight some of the entrepreneurs – and their companies – who have contributed to Boulder in significant ways. Dan Caruso, the co-founder/CEO of Zayo Group , is one of them. “How can Brad help?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder. This article originally ran on TechCrunch. I’m in Seattle this week.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

And like the LITERATI, professionals we work with are educated on how to market their business in order to increase revenue opportunities. We motivate and coach entrepreneurs to be warriors for their businesses, for their families and for their communities. As founder Craig Walker remarked, sometimes a great name just can go unused.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

The aim of many entrepreneurs is to take a business idea and convert it into a professional and functioning business on a low budget. But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. Why bootstrap?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. This post was prompted by an email exchange I had with a young entrepreneur. I was interested in learning more.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Interestingly enough, CooTek’s co-founder and CEO, Michael Wong , who was formerly from Microsoft’s R&D unit, took an unconventional route by launching in the Western market first. They don’t have a good IP (intellectual property) to defend their technology. Being copied is a huge problem in China.

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blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Simeon, can you tell us how you structure ownership and control so you can fire your co-founders if necessary? The first part will dispel some myths, address the lifecycle of founder agreements and the key compensation and control parameters in them. Let’s start by dispelling some myths: There is a standard founder agreement.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

You may know him as the founder of Soylent, the nutrition company he started in his kitchen and scaled nationwide. That's why the Corona Initiative is a Public Benefit Corporation--a for-profit company dedicated to the public good that aims to fund its research with its revenues. You really want to see the whole system.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. I would focus on one product and set a goal to generate $1M in yearly revenue from it. Outsourcing is something a big company, with a known customer / problem (that has revenue & traction) does to save cost. If you’re a young entrepreneur, than congrats!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A reminder that it is important for all entrepreneurs is to remember to be careful about “deal drift.” My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. Don’t be complacent – What really winds me up is when entrepreneurs are complacent.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin are the founders of a company called Bitwise. Here's my conversation with the founders of Bitwise. I am the co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Industries. Irma Olguin : My name is Irma Olguin, I'm the co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Industries. So what are we going to do?

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. I actually use LivePlan and I mentor entrepreneurs all over the world. As an entrepreneur I would say 50/50.

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I had taken classes on IP, first-mover advantage, etc. If we werent careful about this, our IP claims would be worthless. Since I was a new entrepreneur, I knew needed a lot of advice. As I reached out to successful investors and entrepreneurs, I made each of them signed my nifty NDA. I co-founded FlightCaster.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Dan Ushman is the Co-Founder and CMO of Singlehop. According to a study by Emerson Network Power released during the Uptime Institute Symposium, downtime of one minute costs businesses $5,600 in lost revenue on average. Entrepreneur Insider Analysis and Opinion Lists' Those times are long behind us.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

« Thanks but No Thanks – Things to Avoid When Recruiting Co-founders Why is Cyber Squatter a Bad Word? Some have been as co-founder, most have been as a consultant with the possibility of becoming an paid employee, “as soon as we close our funding round.” The Value of Entrepreneurship » -->.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Currently Obsessed Joe Heitzeberg – Entrepreneur | Tech Geek | MBA Home About Me Joe Heitzeberg is an internet entrepreneur who has started and sold two companies. Entrepreneurs are generally too focused on pre-money valuation, and VCs know this. He tries to write things that havent already been written 9000 times.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Often entrepreneurs and business owners create their daily, weekly, quartely or yearly goals around their business. It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, where setting goals presents a fresh opportunity to achieve different objectives. 8- Stop counterfeiting and IP infringement globally.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

This single decision wound up costing the company significant revenue and over the course of several months sent its customer growth into decline. As a founder of a company, there is nothing more painful than to see your most loyal and devoted customers suffering. That is what company founders and staff do not get.

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