ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2024

By fostering partnerships, developing unique products and services, and continuously refining their business models , these startups can navigate the market challenges and prove their value to potential investors and customers.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Before product-market fit… just care about speed of iteration according to your customer feedback. Put your users first: pretend that your customers have a seat at the table when you design your product roadmap. Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” Need for Speed, indeed.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

The primary source of your funds should be your paying customers, i.e., your business should generate enough revenues and profits to fund the growth and expansion. Any custom manufactured IoT device would require software development as well as hardware customization. Government programs. Growth and expansion stages.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 2, 2023

In addition to investments, the Israeli tech sector found itself getting more politically involved as the new government led by Prime Minister Netanyahu (who holds the PM for the sixth time) was sworn in. Down rounds, especially for growth stage companies, and bridge rounds galore. ” Fred Wilson.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

And then how would you prompt other entrepreneurial leaders to think more broadly about stakeholders than even just investors, employees, customers, which tends to be the typical trifecta? We identified five, and the trifecta of employees, shareholders and customers, everyone has those, we also added two more. BC: Exactly, Reid.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 8, 2019

The situation I see time and again is an over-valuation on a markedly smaller-than-anticipated business, revenue numbers not achieved, and then needing to do another raise on a lower valuation (a ‘down-round’). Who does this investor know in the customer, partner and executive space they can introduce you to? The Rolodex.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

And then how would you prompt other entrepreneurial leaders to think more broadly about stakeholders than even just investors, employees, customers, which tends to be the typical trifecta? We identified five, and the trifecta of employees, shareholders and customers, everyone has those, we also added two more. BC: Exactly, Reid.

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