YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Your identity and your marketing messages get so diluted that they don’t resonate with anyone. One of the benefits your ideal client would be looking for is a lush, green lawn. When you don’t get clear on what you do best, and thus whom you’re best equipped to work for, you actually do yourself a big disservice.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

And as everyone’s attention starts to focus on those same indicators, their value is being diluted. The biggest lost opportunity of all, though, is this one: we no longer need to rely on scarcity or status-oriented measures to filter which projects should get the green light.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

It is essential that you ask the “number of fully-diluted shares outstanding.” One final thing to remember is that star employees will be re-greened (i.e. So optimizing a startup offer involves not just one key figure – salary – but also the option package.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Too many entrepreneurs focus on dilution. But over-optimizing for dilution is a bad attribute relative to focusing on creating a big & winning company. If there was, they would green light the project and if not they were likely to shut it down & move on to the next project unless the team was super passionate about continuing.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. I worked with outsourced research firm Wonder * to identify all of the institutions we could who support tech impact startups with cash and community, and in many cases without dilution.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 2, 2012

Many business marketers worry about their marketing programs becoming too thin and thereby diluting the reach of their marketing efforts as a whole. For example, “The mobile marketing seminar will start in the Green Room in 1 hour.”. It’s an understandable concern. Sunday: Announce an upcoming event.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

If your brand tries to be too many things at once, the message becomes scattered and the brand grows diluted. They use bold, but trustworthy neutral colors that create the perception of sophistication – a far cry from the red, green and yellow Rastafarian colors usually associated with cannabis.

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K9 Ventures

MAY 6, 2015

However, it is also important to realize that bringing on a co-founder is often the single most dilutive event for a founder (almost often worth it, but still true). A shout out to Logan Green and John Zimmer, co-founders of Lyft here. Investors, particularly in Silicon Valley investors tend to shun solo founders.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 26, 2014

As with all things in this fast changing digital world, a killer tactic today may soon be worth very little when, for example, the network you’re using it on decides to change the rules or it simply becomes diluted due to the fact that everyone is doing it now.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

The only problem is I haven’t found a problem or an industry – web, enterprise software, green tech, etc – where I feel passionate. 2) Co-Founders are the largest form of dilution (if you’re raising) 3) Everything around LeanStartup / Customer Development 4) Understand the micro economics of your business early.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Then they prove themselves and we get diluted. thanks to TechCrunch from who I stole the Green Jonathon graphic). But, to be fair, of the 20+ companies we’ve funded that have gone on to raise larger rounds, it’s happened twice. While not the norm, it still stings. Still figuring out how to send them flaming bags of poop.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. That probably saved a huge amount of dilution, rather than doing a down round at between $15 billion to $18 billion. Well, that same thing can be said for any product.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. That probably saved a huge amount of dilution, rather than doing a down round at between $15 billion to $18 billion. Well, that same thing can be said for any product.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Likewise, green can mean “good.” This example from a presentation by Brent Dykes shows how unnecessary noise dilutes data and how much more effective its when stripped back: Image Filename: example-from-a-presentation-by-brent-dykes.jpg. Alt Tag: Example from a presentation by Brent Dykes that shows how unnecessary noise dilutes data.

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