ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

This company provides a crowdsourced customer service solution to enterprises. Gio pitched it to me as a crowdsourced BPO, but I think he will have more success if he simply focuses on customer service as his core value proposition. They already have several customers including some telcos, and are at about $350,000 in revenues.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

But our goal is to make sure that these businesses are sustainable, have customers, revenues, and profits. This is a segment that is well beyond traditional micro-finance, but also somewhat below the scope of the regular financial institutions. million financing round for.

India 116

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Well, there are multiple nuances to the answer.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

First is that there are, perhaps, a thousand people in the world of entrepreneurship who know what they are doing when it comes to dealing with issues like financing, positioning, market sizing, customer validation, customer acquisition and other seemingly obvious topics that all entrepreneurs need to deal with. Rangrut.com.

Silicon Valley 114

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Meanwhile, financing the company will be quite challenging, and I advised Satya to manufacture parts based only on signed contracts and advances against orders, to avoid getting into an inventory-rich, working capital-poor situation. These resellers buy devices from the U.S. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

Costa Rica 115

Costa Rica Incubator Silicon Valley India 115

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

As I keep reiterating, 99% of the businesses that go out for financing get rejected. Ledface is not ready for financing, even though that was one of their first questions. As I keep reiterating, 99% of the businesses that go out for financing get rejected. Overall, I saw several promising businesses. Photo by peapodsquadmom.

Brazil 115

Brazil India Entrepreneur 115

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Monetization models, while not yet validated, can come from charging the customer base that is already acquainted with the service, as well as selling the white label solutions to colleges. The discussion today was around Social Media financing and go-to-market strategy. His customer acquisition strategy, however, needs a lot of work.

Illinois 114

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I Our discussion today was largely around her financing strategy, and one of the key milestones that I probed her on was: What does it take to get a validated customer? Sub-$2 million pre-money, it is better to bootstrap.

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Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Our community has successfully established a culture of bootstrapping as a counterforce to the compulsive rush to financing that entrepreneurs often mistakenly engage in, only to be rejected over and again by investors.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley India San Francisco Entrepreneur 118

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I will work with him on his inventory financing strategy. Next, Umakant Soni discussed Vimagino.com , a software for Web-based Q&A support to engage customers better on sites that are trying to draw people in and convert them into customers. JCLABoutique.com. Jeanne's positioning needs a lot of work.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 16, 2011

Freshdesk First, Girish Mathrubootham from Chennai, India, pitched Freshdesk , a SaaS company that provides small and medium businesses with on-demand customer support software that offers multi-channel social support. Freshdesk introduces itself as a kind of Salesforce.com for customer support so to speak.

India 123

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Today James Hickey from San Diego, California, pitched Parallel6 , a company that does social media marketing services for brands and also has a white label mobile app that can be customized and branded for their clients' mobile and social marketing needs. Statisco Economic Analytics. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

North Carolina 116

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This is an open opportunity for an entrepreneur to build a custom solution. Today, the telecom industry charges customers based on fixed price business models for data services. Sequoia has financed them. SurgeForth has since graduated to paying customers, and is making good progress.

Cloud 117

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Transformify

JULY 25, 2019

Over the past 30 years, Brian has held senior executive software development and management roles in a number of industries/technology sectors including cloud computing, supply chain, healthcare, finance, telecommunications and utilities. The pilot started in Massachusetts and resulted in hiring three full-time employees.

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Technical Review Programming Software Review Hiring 61

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. Brainscape. The answer to the question is neither.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

acronyms e.g. MIT for Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Another worthwhile exercise is sitting down with the marketing team or sales team to discuss the descriptive language used to attract & close customers. Close variations include: singular or plural forms e.g. shoe or shoes. stemmings e.g. hiking from hike.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2016

Plus, we still have that customer to this day because we have grown with them. We were growing rapidly, doing great work for our customers, but we did not have sufficient coordination or processes to sustain growth. Silk has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Don’t Stop Looking Ahead.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. I like the idea, and recognize the problem.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Finance, Banking, Loans, etc. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Back to Top « Customer Service. Customer Center. California.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

for the app and has 30,000 customers. He asked me if he should offer the app for free to get more customers. You then become dependent on outside financing, and that is a slippery slope. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I said, no.

Business Model 122

Business Model New Hampshire Dallas Entrepreneur 122

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

However, how do you get to critical mass, and how do you finance the period during which this business runs on red ink? How much time do you budget for red ink financing? Whichever direction you go, please do not assume that some VC is going to finance you during this phase. How long can you go without a salary? Discuss.

Bootstrapping 124

Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 124

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

At today's roundtable we saw three very nice businesses, each with pilot customers, and each working on real problems. Antonio has 100 trial customers at the moment, and is looking to figure out exactly what his company positioning is going to be. All this, could, potentially, be done without external financing.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Bhupendra has built a product and has started engaging a few customers. My key advice to him was to focus on acquiring customers, and getting a thorough positioning exercise done based on segmentation, competitive analysis and market sizing to identify a segment where competition is less active and the product is particularly effective.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

When a company produces their new and exciting product, it is important that they give the customers the best possible option. Trading and finance. Massachusetts, Boston. Product testing. Statistics are also used in what is called quality testing. This is where statistics come into play and make a role for a statistician career.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Some recent trend posts on my blog include There's a Trend To Spot In Groupon's Growth Rate , Customer Service and the Social Web , SaaS Enabled BPO and Near-shoring and U.S. That customer is typically searching on Google, and Michael needs to orchestrate his SEO, blogging, and guerrilla p.r. peerbackers. efforts to get them.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Nonetheless, in the last couple of years, the flow of first-time entrepreneurs who come out with the misconception that Entrepreneurship = Financing has not abated. Folks, please understand a simple point: Business schools, when they teach you entrepreneurship, teach you about financing. Eventbin.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

billion to work across 731 financing deals with US startups, a 50% increase over Q1 2009. Massachusetts and NY states also have high numbers. Use friends, family, and angels, if possible, to get a product, revenue, and customers first before the VC connection. First of all, investors put $5.9

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Hiring talent and gathering customer feedback are even harder when teams are so physically far apart, and this separation can make it harder to build culture, forge partnerships, and raise capital. A move allows the business to get close to the customer, learn their pain points, and adapt accordingly.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 4, 2012

The company’s customers include aircraft giant Boeing and more than 500 hospitals around the world. EMC is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts with offices worldwide. The China Development Bank has offered to finance Israeli solar energy projects, the first time that a foreign bank has expressed an interest in the sector.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The premium lounge includes an online curriculum addressing the common topics specific to very early stage entrepreneurship; private roundtables that many of you have requested; customer, channel partners, and investor introductions; media and analyst access; and a variety of other value-added services to make our entrepreneurs successful.

Startup 113

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 30, 2011

Jeu is trying to figure out his financing options, and the majority of the discussion today was around target market, product roadmap, and monetization models, which are the factors that would drive investment strategy. The revenue models need to be revisited, and the customer acquisition strategy as well. Discuss.

India 115

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Joel has one anchor customer right now and has validated his assumptions based on that case study. It is, however, too early for financing. As a market entry strategy, Ashwin proposed taking LinkedIn customers and setting up personal profiles for them, an idea that did not sound convincing to me at all. Home Swappers Club.

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Poland Argentina Oakland Entrepreneur 126

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

That means that less than 1% of the entrepreneurs who apply succeed in getting financed. I have a fundamental observation to make here that seems to be lost in the noisy universe of entrepreneurs' obsession with fund-raising: Most companies should not raise external financing. A sustainable business = (customer + revenue + profits).

Incubator 116

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

I asked her not to assume that investors will be investing in this business idea, at least not until she can acquire some level of validation, which means tens, if not hundreds of thousands of customers, and several partnerships with daily deal sites. Venture capitalists today don't exactly practice venture capital. Gnosis India.

Channel 115

Channel India Bootstrapping Silicon Valley 115

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

OrangeScape positions itself as an Application Platform As A Service (APaaS) provider, and has some marquee customers in India including Unilever, Citibank, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Sterlite. Of course, the solution applies to a much broader set of small business customers, making this an attractive business opportunity. Photo by ilco.

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley Massachusetts 114

ReadWriteStart

MAY 26, 2011

I have advised her to course-correct and validate with the potential customers how much they are willing to pay and in what framework. Adam needs a crash course on financing and should go digest the 1M/1M curriculum module on that topic ASAP. Priyanka Bhatnagar Jewellery & Accessories. Photo by ilco. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some intensive discussions around market sizing and its impact on financing. So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing. Is that a $20 million market? $30 30 million market?

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