Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2014

This is a whole new world for startups seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well social media trend challenges. Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. Companies need the same service on partner and acquisition candidates, even vendors. Investment risk management.

Analytics 257

Analytics Entrepreneur Retention Social Media 257

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Every startup has a core competency which should not be shared. Beyond that, there may be a large percentage of common technology where they both need to minimize cost to gain share from the big dinosaurs who already have this advantage. Expand the market for both. Both partners must not forget they are still competitors.

Partner 244

Partner Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger 244

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Every startup has a core competency which should not be shared. Beyond that, there may be a large percentage of common technology where they both need to minimize cost to gain share from the big dinosaurs who already have this advantage. Expand the market for both. Both partners must not forget they are still competitors.

Partner 120

Partner Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Every startup has a core competency which should not be shared. Beyond that, there may be a large percentage of common technology where they both need to minimize cost to gain share from the big dinosaurs who already have this advantage. Expand the market for both. Both partners must not forget they are still competitors.

Partner 147

Partner Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger 147

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2023

Every startup has a core competency which should not be shared. Beyond that, there may be a large percentage of common technology where they both need to minimize cost to gain share from the big dinosaurs who already have this advantage. Expand the market for both. Both partners must not forget they are still competitors.

Non-Compete 262

Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger Acquisition 262

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Paul Graham’s Startup Curve – avoid the “through of sorrow”! Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). Growth Hacking isn’t viral marketing (although viral marketing is part of it). First Steps in Growth Hacking for Startups.

API 167

API Viral Startup Retention 167

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 29, 2023

As a newly established startup, there are some key elements that your business requires to ensure your short and long-term success. A well-detailed business plan, a launch plan, early funding, and the right talent and equity from founders are all among the basic ingredients that can help get a startup off the ground.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Silicon Valley Small Business 129

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

Every startup has a core competency which should not be shared. Beyond that, there may be a large percentage of common technology where they both need to minimize cost to gain share from the big dinosaurs who already have this advantage. Expand the market for both. Both partners must not forget they are still competitors.

Non-Compete 317

Non-Compete Intellectual Property Merger Acquisition 317

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Here are ten examples to get your creative juices flowing: Targeted direct marketing. Whether you are contemplating an investment in your favorite startup, or a little-known stock on a public exchange, there is “big data” out there that can’t possibly be evaluated by you without predictive analytics. Investment risk management.

Analytics 120

Analytics Retention Social Media Campaign 120

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 23, 2018

Here are six startup tips for aspiring Indian entrepreneurs looking to start their own businesses, like he did. Keep track of all your operational costs. As a new business, everything costs money even if it is seemingly free. Don’t allow yourself, your business partner, or team to become complacent. Keep learning.

Entrepreneur 196

Entrepreneur Social Media India Startup 196

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Investors don’t invest in services startups. But what does that really mean? Word-of-mouth does not scale.

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Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Startup Non-Compete 278

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2010

Your goal is to find a way to partner with your "competitor" in such a way that both parties can substantially benefit from the other's resources - but without stealing customers or damaging anyone's credibility. Best of both creates a new market. Tags: startup partner competitor coopetition business.

Partner 120

Partner Non-Compete Exit Strategy Affiliate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Investors don’t invest in services startups. But what does that really mean? Word-of-mouth does not scale.

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Non-Compete Business Model 120

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2011

A year ago I invested, along with Dana Settle at Greycroft Partners , in a startup company called Maker Studios. What excited me was that they had an immensely talented team that understood how to produce & distribute low-cost videos, initially via YouTube. Maker Studios is the ultimate “lean startup.”

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Silicon Valley Los Angeles Distribution Internet 291

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

If you’re a startup looking for the fabled goldmine of a Google exit, here’s the guy you’ll want to meet: David Lawee. Well, for one thing, being lucky enough to have a startup that covers a particular area of tech Google is curious about right now (and naturally keeps close to its chest). Like Tweet.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Investors will tell you that they love to put money into startups that are scalable, and ready to scale. Simply stated, it means that your business has the potential to multiply revenue with minimal incremental cost. Investors don’t invest in services startups. But what does that really mean? Word-of-mouth does not scale.

Hockey Stick 120

Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Non-Compete Business Model 120

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

From startup through the last sale, the spirit of risk is the unexpected edge for every business. I frequently headr one of my business partners, Phil Turk, ask this odd question. In 1983 he cofounded Direct Mail Express (DME) in Daytona Beach, Florida, with his siblings Mike and Kathy. Are you a chicken or a pig?

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Florida Cofounder Tampa Technical Review 145

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Find partners or investors. You know a lot about marketing or finance or… whatever. You’ve got to start at the beginning – with your start-up costs. These costs may include: your brand design (logo, business cards, and website). See section 9 below to learn how to find a partner or investors.).

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Small Business Administration Small Business Social Media Elevator Pitch 86

Tim Keane

JULY 20, 2007

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. « A New old Idea: Direct Marketing Revisited | Main. | We are very careful about our investment partners for this reason. Fixed costs can be a real burden in a situation of cost overruns. We are very careful about our investment partners for this reason.

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Italy Angel Investor Wisconsin Harvest 60

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Mike Yan: We actually have been doing startups for over… Close to 10 years. It used to be that you could be doing only one channel, only one digital channel, that has direct marketing, which is email. And so we tried to reduce those costs. I’m almost guessing this is one of your first kind of big ventures?

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Marketing SMS Channel Conversion 40

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Gregory Heilers has helped on two startup farms: his father’s 200-acre grass-fed beef and goat farm, which also includes an orchard, a berry patch, and a vegetable garden, with areas set aside for future logging; and on a seven-acre organically grown market garden in upstate New York. See Also: Free Business Startup Checklist.

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Colorado Southern California Business Plan Oregon 60