Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2017

Over sushi last night with two of them, who are also long-time friends, one of them asked me “Brad, how do you think we are differentiated?” Others are entrepreneurs / operators raising a VC fund. I don’t even know what differentiation means anymore as it all blurs together. Differentiation is one of them.

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Differentiation Later Stage Equity Founder 147

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2022

With the rise of startups and growing businesses , it has become more critical for investors to have a thorough understanding of equity to be aware of all of the advantages they are receiving from the companies they have invested in. What is Company Equity? Types of equity. Common stock. Preferred shares.

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Valuation Equity Warrant Common Stock 108

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The aim is to develop a differentiated and new identity in the minds of consumers, competitors, investors, and other stakeholders. Also, identify equities that won’t change. You can add flexibility to your brand by not violating previously established values and equities. Always have an open mind. Keep Your Brand Fluid.

Technical Review 149

Technical Review Software Review Bankruptcy Equity 149

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). Glickman, Resilience Capital Partners LLC Luke Johnson, Platinum Equity LLC Robert B. View more presentations. Wells, PE-Nexus LLC.

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Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

You’ll also list your operating expenses, which are the expenses associated with running your business that aren’t incurred directly by making a sale. Your gross margin less your operating expenses will give you your operating income: Gross Margin – Operating Expenses = Operating Income. Balance sheet .

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Balance Sheet Forecast Equity .Net 148

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

These advisors need a stake in your success, like a monthly stipend, or an equity share of the business. Client cost differentials of less than twenty percent are usually not enough to incent change. Put operational systems and metrics in place early. This is not a place for friends and family.

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Marketing Leadership Differentiation Equity 290

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 14, 2019

It is estimated that at least 80% of all startups rely on personal funds from their founders for operations, albeit in their formative stages. If you have been self-employed, you probably have had episodes where you cannot clearly differentiate between work and personal finances or time. 1. Set obvious parameters.

Balance Sheet 144

Balance Sheet Limited Liability Company Bootstrapping Startup 144

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

He looked at his resume, and asked just one question: “ What’s your edge? ” My friend got the job because his answer was differentiated, credible, and backed up by a history of investing success. It is unexciting and hard to prove, but in fact “We execute better” is a critical differentiator. THE UNSAID STANDARD ADVANTAGES.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

He looked at his resume, and asked just one question: “ What’s your edge? ” My friend got the job because his answer was differentiated, credible, and backed up by a history of investing success. It is unexciting and hard to prove, but in fact “We execute better” is a critical differentiator. THE UNSAID STANDARD ADVANTAGES.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This type of business has long been primarily run out of the home, well before COVID-19 made that a necessity, and it still works to keep the costs of operation down. Just because you want to start a business doesn’t mean you are entitled to outside equity, loans, or crowdfunding. Keep the initial scope within bootstrapping limits.

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Intellectual Property Small Business Administration Bootstrapping Differentiation 313

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Customers are looking for a differentiator today. Retool how your company works and operates today. Make sure your hiring practices include diversity, inclusion, and equity. I will paraphrase his guidance here, combined with my own experience: Elevate health and wellness of people and planet first. Practice your agility.

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Agile Differentiation Lead Generation Social Media 321

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. You may know how much to pay in cash or equity for your new VP Engineering. What Rob wrote in his post is right. Always seek input.

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Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 1, 2023

Thanks to Corey Philip, Acumen Equity Advisors ! #7- Reassess all the differentials based on demand, always prioritizing products and services with greater profitability and better cash generation. In response to the changes, one of the plans is cut operating costs and focus on improving operating leverage.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review Revenue 97

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Companies that successfullyleverage acqui-hires can save years of work and gain a competitive advantage by adding skilled technical and operational talent, deep local market knowledge and an accelerated time-to-market. The larger the size differential between the two companies, the easier the acqui-hire will be.

Global 48

Global Hiring Technical Review Due Diligence 48

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

Key Takeaway: Digital transformation requires organizations to rewire their processes and operations, leveraging new technologies to achieve value. Every year inbound brings together leaders across business, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and more. 07:01): And a real fundamental change in the operating model.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Generative AI Arizona 66

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

These were installable onto hardware and operated through a combination mechanical lock. The system helped improve equity and asset optimisation. The management could operate and monitor the mechanics through a web portal. These are app-operated systems. But, they only have one key innovation. Smart Lockers 2.0:

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Security Distribution Software Operations 166

ReadWriteStart

JULY 15, 2022

Millennials are uncompromising in the virtues of equality, equity, and inclusion. You’ll find your entire workforce will gain emotional intelligence when embracing the mind of the millennial with respect to equality and inclusion regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, or any other differentiation. How will you embrace inclusion?

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Startup Employee Technical Review Retention 140

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

18:05] How does the Founder Space operate? [20:21] Or are you happy to run just the local restaurant that is differentiator. And that's because you're just operating on different scales and you need to focus on different things. How do you differentiate yourself? More About Steve Hoffman: FounderSpace.com.

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San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 97

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 10, 2023

These technological advancements have revolutionized the way businesses operate and have the potential to unlock tremendous value for organizations that can successfully leverage them. By doing so, they can differentiate themselves from competitors and build a loyal and motivated team.

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Artificial Inteligence Social Media Employee Forecast 120

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

I didn’t feel we were differentiated enough and, at the same time, I was hearing all this buzz about social media. 10- Address financial and operating metrics. I actually started two businesses for similar reasons. I started Ignite Social Media in 2007 after working in a mid-sized regional ad agency. Photo Credit: Dave Robinson.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 77

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 8, 2017

For those of you who are time poor here’s the tltr: Forward Partners operates a focused investment strategy because it helps us make better investment decisions and provide better support to our companies. For the three and a half years that we’ve been going, Forward Partners has operated a focused investment strategy.

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Artificial Inteligence eCommerce Early Stage Algorithm 78

Brandanew

JULY 11, 2015

Brand equity. Brand equity is the value of a brand. So, it is not only the sales but the sheer image that takes the equity to a different level altogether. Brand Differentiation. Differentiation, as the word suggests is how a brand stands out in the crowd. Brand experience.

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Virginia Equity Differentiation Dilution 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

I often advise startup companies not to try and pin all of your brand equity into an announcement. If you choose your name well and it represents what your customers value in you then it will be memorable, differentiated and meaningful. A brand is a marathon, not a sprint. Naturally they asked, “why?”

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Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. David Teten: As you know, almost every VC fund operates as effectively a mini expert network.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

VCs without experience (which can come from either investing or operating) often struggle to differentiate between a good product and a bad one. Finally, investors often ask ‘third party’ experts for an opinion. This is most common when the product is deeply technical and there isn’t much to be learnt from direct observation.

Technical Review 123

Technical Review Product Venture Capital Valuation 123

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

A new pricing or packaging model does not by itself represent a meaningful core differentiation, and the rising abundance of “subscription” or “flash sales” companies heightened our concern with regard to barriers to entry. Fundamentally, we share the common concern that many of the new “Ecommerce 2.0” Company: Stitch Fix.

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eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

Agile VC

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This person is an experienced CEO and a veteran of several startups, yet appreciating this nuance of how VC’s operate their business was relatively unfamiliar to him. 2) Differential Cost Basis – Suppose Acme Ventures III invested in the Series A of Startup X and then made follow-on investments in the Series B and C.

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LP Balance Sheet Differentiation Limited Partner 178

blog.launchbit.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The reason for the differentiation is that we hypothesized those who were already working full-time on their own idea would be much harder to "poach" away. The question itself didnt attempt to ask whether equity or salary was preferred. Another respondent told me personally he would only consider joining up if he got equity.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Equity Differentiation 47

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. We try to recruit investment partners who bring startup operating experience. You don’t have unlimited equity to dole out.

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Leadership Southern California San Diego Hiring 150

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. So I started cold calling for a tech company and then transitioned my way into running G T M operations.

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Community Kuwait Cofounder Bootstrapping 53

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

7- Providing free resources Photo Credit: Will Yang As a software provider, we streamline CSR in our operations by making it accessible and easy to use. Their goal is to generate both monetary wealth and value for the society in which they operate. Hence operates on four principles- equity, access, design, and rewards.

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Entrepreneur Ukraine Community Employee 118

The Equity Kicker

MAY 7, 2014

A lot of folks can pull together a few million bucks from high net worth individuals and start operating as a “seed fund”. As Rob goes on to say, success in markets with low barriers to entry and lots of competition comes to those who differentiate themselves effectively. Have the courage to invest early.

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Differentiation Boston Early Stage Portfolio 121

YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2012

Foreign entrants often have to take on incumbents that are “country killers” that operate exclusively in the home turf. Third, differentiation may be more important than synergies in a retail chain. For example, Walmart only broke even in the huge China market after 15 years of investment.

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Mexico Singapore China Differentiation 145

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

The company takes no equity, with the emphasis on business and technical mentoring. Taking a page from Microsoft, other prominent corporates are choosing Israel to launch their world-first accelerator programs, albeit with a differentiation strategy. Corporate accelerators are a recent phenomenon, both in Israel and globally.

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Seattle Customer Cloud 140

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It is said to be a private equity round and at this stage it is unclear if previous investors will be allowed to participate (or just get diluted). It operates through a chip inside a regular camera with a CMOS sensor. PrimeSense motion detection technology enables gamers to play with gestures, without the need for a hardware joystick.

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Private Equity Dilution Valuation Differentiation 111

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It’s a strategy used by software providers like SAP and IBM i2 , whose systems are vital to companies’ operations. . This means it is less likely you’re going to be able to differentiate on features and stand out on price. Brand equity is the reason people choose Coca-Cola over Pepsi and Google over Bing. Consistency.

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Product Marketing Software Review Social Media 142

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 3: Brand and differentiate yourself. Whether you’re looking to stand out in an already-crowded marketplace, or to simply be a memorable company, figuring out how to brand and differentiate yourself is key. However, we have been able to differentiate [ourselves] and also excel by making enterprise software fun and enjoyable.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74