Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. In a startup, you are the brand. You need to do it yourself.

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ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Ultra Light Startups®. What is an Ultra Light Startup? Name A Startup. Startup PR. Name A Startup. I’m often in the process of naming a startup. The following is a list of qualities of a good name for your startup. Engage an IP lawyer for more thorough analysis). Who We Are. Sponsorship.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2010

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. In a startup, you are the brand. You need to do it yourself.

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Public Relations Elevator Pitch Startup IP 226

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Having delivered hundreds of pitches myself (and bombed a few), as well as coaching dozens of entrepreneurs on how to pitch, I’ve definitely seen some doozy pitches. If I had a nickel for every pitch I saw where the financial projections grow in the shape of a hockey stick, I could have funded my last startup! get to revenue, b.)

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nickpoint.co.uk

OCTOBER 23, 2010

» 5 Startup Steps to finding & working with freelancers By Nick Barker As there are just two of us ( Simon Oxley – my co-founder and I) in our startup we need outside help. Surgery has asked me to post on our experiences working with freelancers: Where to find help? - My friend Martin Wright at the new Web2.0

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Gust

JULY 22, 2012

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m definitely not lobbying here for promising things you can’t deliver, or hiring a publicist before your first programmer. In a startup, you are the brand. You need to do it yourself.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Business plan competitions are the air guitar championships of the startup world. It’s as if the plan for creating a startup is: Step #1: Come up with an idea. The fact of the matter is, most startups, particularly ones built by young professionals with no network and no track record, aren’t going to get funded.

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

Tom Nora Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development. I’m a startup growth consultant who started a digital marketing + web development agency due to such high demand from my startup clients. Secondly I’d like to ask why did you stoped your company back in Europe? Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

They now do extra- merchandise so fan selling other fans merchandise that they made but this time with IP rights and everybody makes money, which is pretty cool. I think there’s definitely places. I guess I don’t understand the context in which you are asking. But they had the exact same problem. Dan: Interesting.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   This frequently leads to lots of expense just to get to an understanding of what’s being asked for. .   This frequently leads to lots of expense just to get to an understanding of what’s being asked for. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Hacker News new | comments | ask | jobs | submit login Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. I work for a stealth startup. While this may be the case for many startups, this is not true at least in our case. True for (A), definitely NOT for (B). niyazpk 215 days ago | link.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

I pointed out to Bob the irony – in a large company “fear of failure” inhibits speed and risk taking while in a startup “fear of failure” drives speed and urgency. Startups have finite time and resources to find product/market fit before they run out of money. and how to price the product. That’s now changed.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Everyone has their own definition of momentum (user numbers, revenue, channel partners, biz dev deals, whatever). You’ve never met them and are asked to make a judgment in 2-3 weeks because they’re doing a road show. What about Product / IP? Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. It just is.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

A great panel full of engineers titled Tech Tutorial Backdrop: An All IP Network and Its Policy Implications came next, followed by a talk from Colorado Senator Michael Bennet. While there were hugs and handshakes after the panel ended, it definitely felt like there was plenty of grinfucking going around.

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Rob Go

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I’m going to do a new blog series on “Startup Jargon”. I’m not claiming any original IP, but hopefully will be able to pull together some good thinking on these subjects and add some precision to these words. Not all innovations are “disruptive innovations” by this definition. You hear people say “This is truly disruptive!”,

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2010

So, great… One day, you’re a bunch of tech dudes hacking away at a hardcore grad math program and the next day, you hit the proverbial startup lottery and you’re sitting with some major coin in the bank. You guys are now the startup version of the OJ Simpson white Bronco chase. All eyes are on you. 3) Do the opposite. 5) Get to work.

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New York Bankruptcy Venture Capital IP 149

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Be The Beatles Not The Flock Of Seagulls John Greathouse’s Bio ConTraps Part 2 ConTrap Part 3 ConTrap part 4 Startup Children Pt 2 Startup Children Pt 5 Startup Children Pt 3 Startup Children Pt 4 Decision Making 101 Talks: Jason Nazar on how to Persuade. Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs.

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Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind. Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. I love startups. Ask [link] – you don’t need to be in the valley. Cause your scared.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Investors will ask management what their “AI strategy” is before investing and will be wary of companies that don’t have one (Fred Wilson, USV). In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4 Noteworthy Machine Intelligence startups in Israel ?? Billion in VC funding.

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. Stop asking for advice. I had taken classes on IP, first-mover advantage, etc. If we werent careful about this, our IP claims would be worthless. Some wouldnt, so I just asked them for general advice. Jason Freedmans lessons learned.and relearned. Viewed times.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Definitions may vary, but to summarize… Customization: The visitor deliberately chooses between options designed to make the user experience more personal. Let’s say you’re a distributed startup team frustrated with your web meeting software. Often, you’ll see the two terms being used interchangeably.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

25 questions that DTC entrepreneurs should ask themselves before scaling customer acquisition So you run a direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand. Here are the ‘25 Important Questions That DTC Entrepreneurs Should Ask Themselves’: Will the unit economics work at 2X the CAC? What happens at 3X? This is related to the last point.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

That company was founded on filling a need Robert saw while living in San Francisco and working on a radio startup. "I The way he described it to me when I was younger was this chicken and egg problem where he was trying to raise money for this diagnostics company and all the investors would ask, "Well, are you FDA approved?"

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Questions I ask Pamela Slim: [1:42] As we’re recording this, it’s Indigenous People’s Day – what does this day look like in your household? [3:16] So I know for me, for example, lately, I've been working with a lot of people who are thought leaders who have really well-established IP.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. And I’m definitely a nobody. You’ll be the only startup there. A crazy guy with a “startup&# (i.e.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The site had been live and we had hundreds of users at that point, so we posted a story on the site asking for name suggestions. How we came up with the name of our startup (BeeWits) is quite interesting. I really had to strip everything back and ask myself why people should use our services. We had a few criteria for the name.

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Naming Entrepreneur Green LLC 97

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Students began to ask for copies of the notes so I threw a cover on them and self-published the notes as a “book” at Cafepress.com. You most definitely read the book for the content. Startup Culture. Preparing for Chaos – the Life of a Startup……………… 15. It Wasn’t Just Me.

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Silicon Valley Customer Development IP Developer 211

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

It’s to highlight some of the key parts of your opportunity and what makes it so amazing that whoever it is that you’re talking to, whether it’s a bank, or an investor, or a family member, or a potential business partner, that they are on the edge of their seat and they ask for your full plan, and they want to know more.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

AUGUST 8, 2012

This is a long episode (1:20), but it’s a conversation that will resonate with a lot of early-stage startup founders. I wish more people had that attitude with their startups. Let me ask you about that. First of all you need to ask them. I love that. It’s such a healthy attitude. That’s great.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

And I certainly don't feel the same as folks that are on my team, but I definitely am disturbed by the world around me at the moment. If somebody asks me to connect a printer, I would take that job too. He was our IP attorney. Eric Ries : I was going to ask who wins most of the arguments? Eric Ries : Yeah, Jake.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

If someone asked whether or not your business has Intellectual Property (IP) and your answer is “I do not know” or “I doubt it,” you are not alone. It is difficult to be in a business situation completely devoid of IP worth identifying and protecting. IP is a not just a legal issue.

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Intellectual Property IP Technical Review Software Review 109

Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Notes will be issued pursuant to a definitive Note Purchase Agreement containing customary covenants, representations and warranties of the Company. On the Company side, this document often becomes the impetus behind a startup’s need to catch up on deferred “ corporate housekeeping.”

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

In part one, How To Bootstrap Your Startup , we outlined the process of bootstrapping your company into existence. We ask questions and in most cases we’re trying to predict customer needs in the documentation to get started. It may be helpful to provide an example or a tutorial - Ill definitely learn a lot from there.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Rather, we pay all our attention to a few key questions we ask every candidate, each aiming at uncovering a single key point: is this someone we really want to work with? But choosing.NET is a choi ce, and whenever anybody does it, I can’t help but ask “why?” But what they do is very, very rarely startups.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 7, 2017

And so without asking you to get into politics, what would that be? Ryan: That’s your words but I will definitely agree. John: Yeah, well definitely. I just buy and they are definitely documented cases of that. One of the most common ways that people are trying to cross the internet is their IP address.

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grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

It’s not asking for anything more than the institutional investors will get, and prevents me getting screwed if the VCs argue the valuation down to something like $1 million after I’ve already invested my time at a higher valuation. I was once asked to sign a one year non-compete agreement as a sweat equity consultant.

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