Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

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Mezzanine Private Equity Bandwidth Metrics 240

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. Switch your attention from product development to sales. Second-stage growth usually requires a formal sales model, an experienced and disciplined sales team, and a well-defined process to meet your new goals and demands.

Mezzanine 120

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 120

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

They’re looking to be paid properly in the context of the overall salary structure, including cash, benefits, and equity, and to be paid commensurate with performance. Your business works as intended if you can attract customers that fit into the context of your operation. Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost?

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Given all the demands on your time, the hours spent educating a consultant regarding your business are costly.

Equity 40

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

on demand billing and fraud management. Great for visualizing work of product development. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. Recurring billing without the headaches. Recurly â?? Subscription billing. Braintree â??

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

We are trying to… This is the operative word: Trying. "OMG we spend mmm millions on TV, Radio and Magazines trying to create demand by interrupting people. For the most part we don't even know if they care about us, our products or our ecosystem. The reality is that there is a vacuum there.

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Metrics Analytics Search Channel 152

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

After graduating college, I spent several years on Wall Street, first at a large investment bank working on M&A for large corporate clients, then as a private equity professional helping invest hundreds of millions of dollars in private companies. They were not operating experience. That luxury doesn’t exist in entrepreneurship.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Acquisition B2B Partner 60

K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Unless every aspect of product development is covered by founders who are only receiving equity, there are other parts of building a product that will require hiring highly qualified people. Q: Does a Pre-Seed require founders to give up more equity in the company? Q: What are some Pre-Seed funds operating today?

Seed Stage 82

Seed Stage Finance Later Stage Equity 82

Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

We were going to do that by turning marketing into a machine to generate end user demand, drive the that demand into our sales channels, and educate our sales channels. In an early stage startup, instead of sales being up front, the point departments are likely to be product development and customer development.

Silicon Valley 126

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

Most of our management tools, like planning and forecasting, require a long and stable operating history. I already reach thousands of entrepreneurs through this blog, my Leanpub-powered ebooks, and even printed versions created via print-on-demand at Lulu. Does anyone feel like our world is getting more and more stable every day?

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Lean Startup Metrics Private Equity 167

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I have come to believe during my time as an operator, entrepreneur and investor that the balance of these skills is so important to the long-term health of a business that if balance is not achieved early then the impact later can be profound - sometimes terminal. The former focussed on biz. and the latter on tech.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Startup CTO Hire Cofounder 51

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

This is the first post in what’s going to be a series of blogs on how to go from nothing – no connections, no team, no money and no knowledge of how the startup industry really works – to operating a growing business. I’m taking a 52 week course in how to start up, run, operate, and achieve self employment. Seriously mean it too.

Technical Review 84

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