YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Pursuing an entrepreneurial venture is invariably a huge demand on your time. Depending on your interests, with additional research and reading and by interacting with people in the know, you can educate yourself about the inner workings of businesses well beyond what your academic curriculum demands.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Santa Clara University shares their demand dividend structure. . Lenders sometimes take warrants. A new category of VCs have emerged offering a hybrid between VC and RBI, which we call “Flexible VC”. .

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Andrew Payne

JANUARY 30, 2013

The use of Secret Service resources, the home search warrant, the discovery refusal to provide raw hard drive images, the superseding indictment, and the reported plea negotiations & constraints; these all signal that Swartz’s acts were extremely serious, worthy of government resources.

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United States Massachusetts Warrant Technical Review 106

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

As a founder, ask yourself – does your business actually warrant VC funding? Sokolovsky also operated an on-demand food delivery startup based in Berkeley, before entering eCommerce logistics. Be honest with yourself VCs are now going to be looking closer at margins, cost structures and true sales, and product market fit.

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Early Stage Los Angeles Silicon Valley Cofounder 108

Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 16, 2020

Do Not Allow a Search of Your home Without a Warrant. Just like how the police can lie to you to further their investigations or please their bosses, they can also come up to your door and demand a search. You are legally empowered to deny them a search if they do not have a warrant signed by the magistrate.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2013

But are you demanding others adhere to your regulations which you choose to ignore? Do you demand your workers clean up after leaving the eating area but leave the premises a mess? Are you careless with expenses, while demanding others keep careful records? Rules of nature didn’t apply to the mythic Superman, either.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The market was just beginning to demand custom manufacturing. Only when he had proof that this was a sustainable model did he purchase more manufacturing equipment to handle the excess demand. You’ll also be less likely to pursue growth strategies that won’t work. Create and Test a Model First.

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Andrew Payne

JANUARY 30, 2013

The use of Secret Service resources, the home search warrant, the discovery refusal to provide raw hard drive images, the superseding indictment, and the reported plea negotiations & constraints; these all signal that Swartz’s acts were extremely serious, worthy of government resources.

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United States Massachusetts Warrant Technical Review 72

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

That’s how we can offer competitive rates … with no prepayment penalties or warrants attached. As a result, we carefully choose to invest in good brands and operators that we believe can execute on their plan with the help of a reliable and flexible capital partner.

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Revenue Term Sheet Founder Technical Review 60

Haystack

DECEMBER 30, 2018

The current President still has a very large and strong base of support, and I do not see that support changing enough to warrant other big changes in 2019. That demand may actually intensify if the overall market corrects. When will the music stop? Everyone thinks we are headed for a downturn. especially the Bay Area) and China.

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Lock-up Period IPO New York Warrant 103

Up and Running

JULY 5, 2018

If you sell B2B, chances are your customers are going to demand payment terms. Being prepared to walk away from a sale is difficult, but if the payment terms a customer is demanding are not reasonable, if they are a chronically late payer, or if their credit does not warrant selling on terms, it may be necessary.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

There are other factors that may warrant paying more. Think airline tickets, hotel rooms, and cruise vacations for examples of industries that change their pricing constantly in a dance between value offered and market-driven demand. Convenience, for instance, looms large in making a determination.

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Warrant Small Business Demand Customer 87

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

There might be kids demanding your attention. Go to extreme measures if (but only if) the situation warrants it. Let’s address the big white snowy elephant in the room first: When you’re snowed in at home, you likely won’t keep your nose to the grindstone the entire day. There might be power outages. That’s okay.

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Warrant Forecast Leadership Global 154

abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

The traditional IPO process does not use a market-based approach (like an order -matching system ) to efficiently match supply and demand and to discover price. Matching supply-demand through an electronic system is exceptionally straight-forward circa 2020. as well as the Sponsor warrant coverage. Every thing is negotiable.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Startups often hand out shares, options, and warrants for employees and for contractors rendering needed services. Is there a development step that you must take to fulfill demand for a particular use case, and, if so, how does that cost get absorbed? Your Cap Table is something that deserves constant care and attention.

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Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

By delegating and training, we create a corps of leaders who could step in to provide CTO-like services on demand. Was it an important or irrelevant fact that most of our web code was procedural and not object-oriented? What if someone wanted to write their module in OOP style?

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CTO Fractional CTO CTO Hire Technical Review 168

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

As a practical matter, investors don’t sue companies for a breach of reps and warranties, so reps and warrants basically serve to flush out diligence issues. The only way that the Series Seed documents will be widely used is if investors demand use of the documents. Legal opinion. Investor pressure. Law firm resistence.

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Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2013

And when an increasing workload doesn’t quite warrant taking on an additional full-employee, outsourcing can be an effective and financially viable solution. When you’re running a small business, it’s always great news to discover that you’ve got more work than you can keep up with.

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Small Business Offshore Warrant Security 86

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand. I do not endorse raising $5 million for a business that doesn’t yet warrant it. million I’d raise the larger amount but spend like you raised $1 million.

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Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Valuation PR 303

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

At 75 days past due, send a final notice by mail and email with a 10 day demand. The key is to have a set of procedures that you follow consistently and exceptions are granted only when warranted. At 60 days past due, call and email business owner. Explain that you will have to escalate if they don’t pay.

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Eric Friedman

JULY 15, 2008

I have written about Momofuku Ko before and how their unique reservation system and scarce offering has been a huge help to them and demand to go to this restaurant. Well, not too much but I feel that a good online reservation system warrants a good post at marketing.fm. So what does this all have to do with Marketing and Technology?

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Flash Warrant New York .Net 60

ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2019

It’s not always easy to identify instances when your business is at fault compared to times when a customer’s demands are unfair. Low-quality products or services : Consumers are increasingly demanding. That makes it only more likely that your product or service will fail to meet their demands. Apologize publicly.

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Software Review Social Media Demand Advertising 125

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

With only 25 salespeople, it also required moving away from “spray-and-pray” demand generation to a more focused ABM. Because of this, even a small deal may warrant a one-to-one marketing approach. It’s not a campaign you can run for a short-time to drive demand and show results in 30 to 60 days. How is your company perceived?

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Up and Running

JANUARY 7, 2020

Product-market fit describes how well your business’s product and your target market’s demand for your solution are aligned. Most of them didn’t even think they had a problem to warrant a need for our tech. Instead, what you read is how to communicate product-market fit. What is product-market fit? Naturally, they couldn’t help us.

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Product Marketing Silicon Valley Term Sheet 82

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 15, 2019

Just as a General Practitioner doesn’t make as much as a Cardiac Surgeon, so too will a highly specialised freelance skillset warrant a higher rate. If you’re able to get booked out every month, it means that you provide value and are in high demand. In fact, specialising in just one particular skill could make you more sought after.

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Audio Warrant Cofounder Finance 56

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2024

Implement Energy-Efficient Practices As startups navigate the intricate maze of operational expenses, energy costs emerge as a significant line item that warrants careful consideration. The strategies explored in this comprehensive guide are not merely quick fixes but pillars upon which startups can build resilience and sustainable growth.

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Cost Startup Open Source Warrant 131

Up and Running

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This master plan also requires a startup to continuously calibrate its patent portfolio in assessing when to halt the maintenance of a patent in a market that is unprofitably overcrowded or where demand has fallen and is unlikely to rebound. Monitor patenting activities of competitors.

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Technical Review Portfolio Startup Intellectual Property 88

Startup Company Lawyer

JANUARY 11, 2010

50%) or warrant coverage are typically more company-favorable than a Series A financing where a valuation is set. Observation 2 – Angel investors realize convertible debt is a bad deal so they demand price protection provisions (i.e. I seem to be doing a lot of pre-Series A convertible bridge note financings these days.

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Angel Investor Valuation Bridge Financing Preferred Stock 39

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

They are either a sign of naive founders or naive investors (because they will quickly develop a reputation in the market and because future investors in that company will all demand your terms, which therefore will include a full ratchet). And I’ve explained why the multiple price points causes problems on liquidation preferences.

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Ratchet Liquidation Preference Equity Stock 354

ConversionXL

APRIL 27, 2017

More than enough to warrant optimizing your out of stock product pages. Unexpected demand. 65% of shoppers who are disappointed to find an out of stock product page leave your site and purchase from someone else (or not at all). Do yourself a favor and look at your analytics right now. Start experimenting. Manufacturing issues.

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Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

One area I''ve noticed a lot more recently are angel investors and seed stage funds trying to grab a little bit extra, whether it''s warrants for leading the round, advisor shares to go along with the investment, or a common stock stake for just being who they are. Unfortunately, not everyone follows the KISS principle.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 46

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2013

An obsession with SEO and PPC is pretty much warranted in most companies, across platforms (desktop, mobile – it is particularly heartbreaking how poor most companies do on mobile platforms). If our search traffic was up 150% year-over-year, should it have been up 20,000% year-over-year because there is that much demand out there?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This makes it a good metric to measure brand awareness and demand. Successful terms warrant more budget. This traffic typically comes from people with awareness or affinity to your website. Therefore, direct traffic is likely to be from loyal and/or engaged users. Traffic from direct links, such as an affiliate link or news source.

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Metrics Analytics Marketing Acquisition 105

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Descriptive analytics can also be used to identify trends in user behavior to gauge demand. A high bounce rate warrants further investigation. Marketers with data analysis skills are in high demand, with Marketing Week finding one-third of brands identified this as a skills gap on their teams (and hiring to fill it).

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Analytics Metrics Channel Campaign 106

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If not, maybe an investment in that direction would be more warranted. It could be fixed by refactoring the code itself, or by partitioning the data horizontally or vertically, or by adding additional capacity at the point of the bottleneck, or by shaping end-user demand, or even by removing the feature itself.

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San Francisco Architecture Lean Continuous Deployment 133

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

A new system might be subject to delays, especially if demand from other breweries is high, but you’ll be able to design to your needs and specifications, and you’ll have support when issues arise (and they will). We have lots of extra infrastructure now and can grow capacity when it is warranted.”. Relationships.

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Oregon Jordan SBA Cofounder 60

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2019

Demanding work environments and brilliant CEOs go hand in hand. Hard-core leaders on a mission are compelled to achieve their goal and demand the highest level of performance. Elon Musk and Steve Jobs among others are famous for handing out monumental demands peppered with ferocious criticism if performance was not to their liking.

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North Korea Silicon Valley Government Warrant 113