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6 Ways To Win By Creative Partnering With Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product. A strategic partnership, negotiated with a win-win attitude, can accomplish growth faster and cheaper than either could do alone.

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Take Five: The Metaverse

VC Cafe

since the departure of Sheryl Sandberg, Mark Zuckerberg is much more ‘out there’ – personally launching and announcing products, giving interviews and going on podcasts. The H1 2022 gaming activity report by Investgame shows who are the top 15 strategic investors in the gaming space. Final thoughts.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

Evan and I met regularly over a three year period from the time he was running Flux, which he sold to Viacom ( who was his strategic investor ). This is his third company that is in this related space and he was an early investor in Adconion. banner ads on a CPM, CPC or a Cost-Per-Install [CPI] basis). I like that.

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Don’t just raise money. Do it on good news!

Berkonomics

Tech businesses today can do this much more easily than a decade ago, with cheaper development costs, SaaS hosting environments avoiding heavy equipment costs, and development platforms with pre-formed routines available. They will be immune to the disinterest shown by financial investors. The post Don’t just raise money.

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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

When the need is high… For the rest of us, desiring to build large, valuable enterprises quickly, the need for outside capital is high on our list of requirements and even the source for some sleepless nights as we worry over the availability and cost of capital. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Startups Must Embrace Coopetition For Rapid Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product. A strategic partnership, negotiated with a win-win attitude, can accomplish growth faster and cheaper than either could do alone.

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Startup CEO (OnlyOnce- the book!), Part III – Pre-Order Now

OnlyOnce

The book has been described by a few CEOs who read it and commented early for me along the lines of “The Lean Startup movement is great, but this book starts where most of those books end and takes you through the ‘so you have a product that works in-market – now what?’ Chapter 3: Telling the Story to Your Investors…The Business Plan is Dead.

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