Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

This conversation seems to come up very frequently these days both with portfolio companies and with entrepreneurs just looking for mentorship. Every conversation about fund raising should start with what your current operational needs are and the stage of your business. How long is the window open? Your guess is as good as mine.

Pre-Money Valuation 303

Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Valuation PR 303

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Why Arizona Bay started taking stock from its customers instead of cash. Equity payments are structured as common stock or as warrants, which give Arizona Bay the right to purchase equity in a clients company at an agreed-upon price at some point in the future. Get and keep customers with affordable online marketing tools.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

There are many articles by many experts ( myself included ) extolling the virtues of listening to customers. In fact, there are so many of these propaganda pieces that this question might naturally cross your mind: if listening to customers is so great, why do we need so much propaganda? We did not take this step lightly.

Community 158

Community Management Lean Software Review 158

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 14, 2012

Everyone, from PR firms to individuals with a product to sell, pitches bloggers these days. Getting coverage or exposure for your business by way of a number of highly read blogs should be a foundational element of your PR approach. Find regular features.

PR 73

PR Warrant Social Network Conversion 73

Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2017

By enabling more conversations, Gaglers hoped to transform websites into vibrant communities, prompting people to spend more time on a website. Enabling conversations keeps visitors on your website for longer durations, directly increasing chances of visitors making a purchase. How did it help? Why did it fail?

Campaign 80

Campaign Startup Cloud Channel 80

TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The iterable.spliterator() method is critical when it comes to stream performance, but writing a custom Spliterator from scratch is a non-trivial task. They have a bit of a PR problem. API-level changes are warranted as well. In the end, stream traversal may delegate to iterator().forEachRemaining(.). forEachRemaining(.).

Java 330

Java API Operations Semantic 330

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2015

For over 65 years, stickers have been helping politicians get elected, building companies, establishing brands, advertising, starting conversations and increasing exposure. People were ‘liking’, posting, pinning, tagging and starting conversations with stickers long before the Internet. Old School Social Media. And, much more….

Marketing 28

Marketing Social Media Advertising Warrant 28

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If I tell someone I’m the mayor of a spot, I’m in an instant conversation: “What makes you the mayor?” I validated this in my conversations with companies with more market reach than us, that had tried similar products (ppv video platform), but pulled the plug because they didn’t see the demand for it. Too much PR, too early.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

If you want to serve enterprise customers,NET is one of the best ways to do that and do it well. The tools which you find restrictive I consider a huge timesaver (which paying customers tend to appreciate)… they allow me to rapidly prototype and get solutions to customers. lorf: NET supports JAVA.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107