View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. My partners will tell you that I am an incredibly impatient person. You want someone who will challenge you and be an intellectual sparring partner.

IRR 205

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 205

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. Underbelly.

SEM 379

SEM Viral Marketing Widget 379

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. My partners will tell you that I am an incredibly impatient person. You want someone who will challenge you and be an intellectual sparring partner.

IRR 156

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 156

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. My partners will tell you that I am an incredibly impatient person. You want someone who will challenge you and be an intellectual sparring partner.

IRR 136

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 136

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

You need a set of innate skills that differentiate you from the thousands of others who set out on your similar journey. My partner Steven Dietz is an auto enthusiast and more than just an admirer of amazing cars he has worked around the auto industry for 20 years and backed a couple of billion-dollar startups in the category.

Video 373

Video Valuation Differentiation Distribution 373

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Customers are looking for a differentiator today. Partner in new ways to scale your impact. From his experience as a consultant with major brands, and as a Top 50 Keynote Speaker in the World, Simon outlines six key steps in moving your company to this new reality. Dog-eat-dog negotiations can easily come back to bite you.

Agile 321

Agile Differentiation Lead Generation Social Media 321

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries. One of the world's leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries, founder space was ranked number one, the number one incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and entrepreneur magazines.

San Francisco 97

San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

View from Seed

JULY 19, 2019

And additionally, my partners and I use other, more differentiated, lenses like asking if a startup has an “ unfair distribution advantage.” My partner Rob wrote a more extensive blog post on the topic about 18 months ago, and even since then the phrase has been become even more embedded into who we are.

Boston 149

Boston B2B Early Stage Portfolio 149

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Your brand is how you differentiate, build awareness , and sear your solution into customers’ minds so they think of you when that time comes. Build systems and processes that enable your team to create and distribute content seamlessly. A few successful brands differentiate themselves with a brand moat. Image source.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Usually, we think what differentiates small business vs. large business are their sales figures and number of employees. This is right to some extent but there are a few other things that differentiate them. By distributing relevant and valuable content you can attract the potential customers and drive beneficial customer actions.

Small Business 140

Small Business Differentiation Hosting Security 140

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Some people feel that organic growth is “better” because it requires real innovation and sustained effort to create long-term competitive advantage through differentiation and efficiency. Fresh customer base.

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

And then eventually when I went into the corporate arena, I had the opportunity to work leading various areas like sales, marketing, service ops, distribution even. (02:13): You are engaging them as a trusted partner to really help elevate the quality of the experience by capitalizing on the intelligence that they bring to bear.

Customer 76

Customer Technical Review Employee Artificial Inteligence 76

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Some people feel that organic growth is “better” because it requires real innovation and sustained effort to create long-term competitive advantage through differentiation and efficiency. Fresh customer base.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2012

Distribution. How do you distribute your product or service? Some products and services can be sold and distributed online, others require multi-level distributors, partners, or value-added resellers. How will you differentiate your product or service? The key issues here are time to market and cost. Revenue model.

Business Model 242

Business Model Distribution Viral Green 242

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Some people feel that organic growth is “better” because it requires real innovation and sustained effort to create long-term competitive advantage through differentiation and efficiency. Fresh customer base.

Startup 232

Startup Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 232

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2015

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Some people feel that organic growth is “better” because it requires real innovation and sustained effort to create long-term competitive advantage through differentiation and efficiency. Fresh customer base.

Merger 120

Merger Acquisition Differentiation Channel 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2011

Distribution. How do you distribute your product or service? Some products and services can be sold and distributed online, others require multi-level distributors, partners, or value-added resellers. How will you differentiate your product or service? The key issues here are time to market and cost. Revenue model.

Business Model 246

Business Model Distribution Viral Green 246

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2012

Unlike [competition], we [differentiation].” This could be a patent, key partners, domain expertise, or a better distribution channel. All you have to do is fill in the brackets and you have the essence of an elevator pitch. Here are some additional recommendations to increase the impact: Describe your product or service.

Elevator Pitch 283

Elevator Pitch Startup Differentiation Distribution 283

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

We differentiate ourselves by using only whole food ingredients (just 6 per square) and infusing the Squares with herbs, creating savory-sweet snacks. We are currently in national distribution where I hope to see our current fan base grow. Thus was born, the Simple Square. What are some industry specific challenges you faced?

Small Business 73

Small Business Distribution Software Review Design 73

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2016

They focus only on highly-differentiated solutions. They work hard on finding complementary channels and partners. Never assume that a great solution will sell itself, or won’t need the help of dominant distribution channels and partners with existing customer bases. That’s a challenging but winning long-term strategy.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Flash Angel Investor Channel 120

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

These new entrants disrupted their food categories by offering high quality proprietary recipes, outsourcing their manufacturing, and using their cash and resources on sales and marketing to build distribution and a differentiated brand. Get Out of the Building. If you can’t see the slides click here.

North America 120

North America Lean Customer Development Distribution 120

The Equity Kicker

MAY 11, 2016

He went on to say that vertically integrated ecommerce makes sense: where there is some differentiation in the core physical product made possible by the DNVB nature of the model (and this is the key thing entrepreneurs get wrong in starting DNVBs the world doesn’t need). our partner company Spoke ). For me this is key.

Vertical 60

Vertical eCommerce Differentiation Distribution 60

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2010

Like many small companies with limited marketing budgets, we are forced to work with the resources at hand, so creativity, partnering approaches, social media, and viral efforts tend to be our stock in trade. differentiation (can people tell it apart from other offerings?); Or right here on the good ol’ Internets?

Marketing 84

Marketing Startup Viral Small Business 84

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

Non-organic growth would include OEM relationships, finding strategic partners, “coopetition,” as well as acquisitions. Some people feel that organic growth is “better” because it requires real innovation and sustained effort to create long-term competitive advantage through differentiation and efficiency. Fresh customer base.

Acquisition 214

Acquisition Merger Startup Bandwidth 214

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

By the time they realize they’re chasing a small market or not offering a differentiated product, they’re toast. Instead, look tangentially across industries to see whether there are companies you can partner with or products you can repurpose and white-label. When you feel like you have some traction, don’t start building!

Cofounder 178

Cofounder Angel Investor Stock Founder 178

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Even adding money won’t do it – you need to create a committed and engaged team and partners for marketing and sales, as well as production and distribution. You need a business model that provides a good return for you and your team, long-term growth, value to your customer, and differentiates you from competitors.

Technical Review 201

Technical Review Government Agile Differentiation 201

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

Lloyed explores the intricate art of harnessing the community’s strength as your ultimate acquisition channe l, brand differentiator, feedback source, retention lever, and catalyst for transformative change. This will give you a list of potential partners. Who do they follow? So that is the third thing.

Community 53

Community Kuwait Cofounder Bootstrapping 53

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Team – higher requirements for caliber of team members Product – focus on truly differentiated and not me-too Market – is it really big enough to provide investor returns** Traction – need more users, partners, patents, etc Timing – are you building for yesterday or 2 yrs from now?

Business Model 150

Business Model SEM IP Syndicate 150

Pascal's View

MARCH 12, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: Please differentiate between the governance of a VC fund versus the governance of companies in a VC fund’s portfolio? An important question to ask is, do the partners evaluate themselves and each other on an annual basis or at all?

Government 28

Government Portfolio Technical Review Due Diligence 28

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

They focus on helping content creators and app developers create, identify, package and distribute those meaningful video highlights in ways that help them reach more customers and generate more revenue. COO Cheryl Beninga shared more about the company. What is your competitive advantage? Our technology and team.

Sacramento 73

Sacramento San Jose Startup Distribution 73

Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

When anyone can work from anywhere, they don’t evenly distribute across the country. Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy told me that was the people of Austin that differentiated us from the other cities. There will be some big winners who attract more and higher quality talent than others. Everyone comes for different reasons.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Austin Texas Raleigh 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. Richard De Silva is based in Menlo Park with three other partners, there and 5 partners in Boston. Bing is very open to 3 rd party elements in their index that create a differentiated user experience.

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

7:30] Would you say self-publishing is seen as a differentiator for businesses? [11:42] Um, he and his partner took Red Hat to an IPO early days, and Bob found himself with a lot of time and a lot of money, and a lot of people wanted to hear his story. [2:25] Is self-publishing a more profitable way to publish today? [5:12]

Audience 88

Audience Revenue Distribution Differentiation 88

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Some of the readings for this week included CNAS “The Next Defense Strategy” series , Sustaining the Future of Indo-Pacific Defense Strategy , Enhancing Forward Defense: The Role of Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific , Make China the Explicit Priority in the Next NDS , the Indo-Pacific Strategy Report , Lessons for a Future War.

Technology 217

Technology China Artificial Inteligence Operations 217

Gust

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Unlike [competition], we [differentiation].” All you have to do is fill in the brackets and you have the essence of an elevator pitch. This could be a patent, key partners, domain expertise, or a better distribution channel. Here are some additional recommendations to increase the impact: Describe your product or service.

Elevator Pitch 174

Elevator Pitch Startup Differentiation Distribution 174

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Find the right partner. Walmart was ZinePak’s first partner and has been one of the most instrumental forces in our company’s success. Then, find the right buyer and make your case to him or her of why your product will make his or her customers’ lives better and why you should partner. Praetor Global LLC.

Product 118

Product LLC Matching Demand 118