Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Along the way, the company faced challenges while scaling and going global, and she’ll touch on those, too. This kind of testing, done right, is definitive for creating growth. Talking with customers can be a surprisingly tricky thing to get right, so a great customer discovery process is important.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? At 500, I had the opportunity to work with early-stage founders from around the world and quickly realized that this was where I wanted to spend my time. After DataHero was acquired, I felt like it was time to try something new.

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David Teten

APRIL 28, 2015

I definitely never thought of that before, but it makes a lot of sense. Although “Gust” is in the title, it’s not at all a user’s guide to Gust (a global funding platform for early-stage companies), but a generic set of best practices around angel investing.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

Especially in the early stages, so much about the company may change in how they think about product or go-to-market — and change multiple times — before raising an institutional round. But the costs are definitely there. Or maybe there aren’t enough chairs left in the market for latecomers.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. Globally, this is a much larger number. The first step is to develop some reference customers, something all early-stage startups should do.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Early-stage funding. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2012

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Early-stage funding. They also provide incubator services and space for early startups.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. Some of these businesses should definitely apply for the Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge grants.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2014

Whether you are going to a global insurance company like Lloyds of London or to a small local start up, it is equally as important and valuable to receive an independent evaluation of the risk factors that your business is exposed to. No matter what size your business is it is vital to take out insurance cover. Protecting your employees.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Definition: You have a 4-step sales funnel on your website. Michael Summers, Global User Experience Research team at PayPal : There are two very precious cognitive resources in the mind that influence how we study optimization: attention , and external motivation.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2022

Nick Clegg, Meta’s President of Global Affairs. We are still in a very early stage of the development of the so-called Metaverse and I expect the hardware, the graphics, the user experience and functionality offered to users will develop exponentially as we progress. So anything Facebook creates now will misfire.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

and my answer is that generally while a particular zip code or two might feel ‘overfunded’ at a moment in time, that early stage entrepreneurism is still UNDERFUNDED globally by at least an order of magnitude.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I then met Elizabeth along that journey and she was coming from this background with the working for the United Nations, leading their global entrepreneur council. She had this big macro view of what entrepreneurship really could do for a global economy. Carolyn Rodz (04:43): Definitely the latter.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2011

He recently founded The Startup Centre , an India-based accelerator for early stage start-ups, and also a hub for initiatives related to tech, design and entrepreneurship. So these are the people who add value when it comes to making India a global marketplace. Definite signs of this will appear in the next three years to come.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. Entrepreneurs now can think globally about the opportunity, from day one but start locally. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market you plan to attack.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Not sure I would make the same definitive statements about best bet for Market Type. Isn’t the point of the third question that the definition of validation should be expanded to things outside revenue/orders? “When to launch&# is not related to Market Type, (how to launch is.) It is related to business model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2010

These resources are definitely are not limited to students, since every university wants and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already have credibility in the marketplace. A little known, but valuable resource, every startup should investigate is a formal or informal connection to your local university.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

First, let us start with a definition of a tech bubble. Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. We don’t get fooled again. Don’t get fooled again. ?No, The Who 1971.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 23, 2021

Many times, a global view of data is sufficient, like the virality curve at PayPal. Even if the answers aren’t definitive, they can help you distinguish between a helpful gut instinct and feel-good wishful thinking. But other times, you need the ability to make micro as well as macro decisions. COMMON DECISION-MAKING PITFALLS.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2016

As the world’s first global generation, life is first and foremost about choice. According to the Connected Life report by global research consultancy TNS Singapore, Singapore’s millennials spend an average of one day a week, or 3.4 It is not surprising if you are feeling overwhelmed by this; you are definitely not alone.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 9, 2018

The global beauty market is predicted to grow from $432.7 Customers want to know what ingredients are involved and where they’re coming from, said Jonathan Keidan , the founder of early-stage venture fund Torch Capital. Materials that can be easily reproduced are, by definition, sustainable. Know what matters.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! With 30 million registered users on a global basis. If it’s the former your company will definitely start to top out at some point. I found myself in violent agreement with Fred’s blog post(s).

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 10, 2014

While that is definitely where Gainsight started, that is only the tip of the iceberg. We also live in a world where one bad customer experience gets amplified through social media and can damage a brand at a global scale within minutes.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Orrick - Orrick’s Start-Up Tool Kit is a comprehensive set of resources designed to aid start-ups and their founders on the journey from the “garage” to the global marketplace. A simple set of investment documents for early stage investment. page=1&userId=10881. Share/Bookmark.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 25, 2016

Secondly, there is definitely a power law in venture returns, but in the now huge global markets the winner takes all dynamic is weakening , and only chasing unicorns misses the huge opportunity in companies with $100-1bn exit potential.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. Entrepreneurs now can think globally about the opportunity, from day one but start locally. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market you plan to attack.

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The Next Web

JUNE 20, 2013

In its early stages, losing a customer would have doomed the startup, so it placed a strong emphasis on service. “We Moving forward, Miller believes Cornerstone can grow to become an “extremely global company.” The company has managed 95 percent retention of clients. We were essentially funded by our clients…in an indirect way.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. Entrepreneurs now can think globally about the opportunity, from day one but start locally. This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market you plan to attack.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S. Entrepreneurs now can think globally about the opportunity, from day one but start locally. Marty Zwilling.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 20, 2015

And I don’t care since, as an early stage investor, I play a long term investing game, because I have to. When I link this to the cynic vs. optimist dichotomy, I’m definitely not a cynic. ” I have no idea if we are in a bubble or not. But I’m not an unbridled optimist that can only expect more positive.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

By definition, the capital investment needs to be relatively low such that the investors and the entrepreneurs all make a healthy return on investment. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ).

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Detailed segmentation analysis and target customer definition at a fairly granular level. These roundtables are the cornerstone programming of a global initiative that I have started called One Million by One Million ( 1M/1M ). A customer acquisition strategy that is pragmatic, and.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Thus, there is going to be a bit of tightening within the early stage VC space in India over the next couple of years. Having said this, the Indian market is still growing faster and larger than over 90 percent of countries globally, so it’s not like things have turned completely dire there.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session. However, many variables come into play when investing at the early stage. A VC’s job is to spot sustainable trends while they are in formation stages, and form a point of view on the timing of the adoption of those trends.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session. However, many variables come into play when investing at the early stage. A VC’s job is to spot sustainable trends while they are in formation stages, and form a point of view on the timing of the adoption of those trends.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40