Up and Running

OCTOBER 7, 2019

However, as a founder of a small business or startup, you’re juggling many things. KPIs can (and should) be used as a communication tool to align everyone in the organization so employees are empowered to take initiatives in achieving business goals. KPIs Every Founder Should Track. Employee KPIs.

Founder 71

Founder Retention Metrics Technical Review 71

Steve Blank

APRIL 3, 2018

It does mean that success in building a company that scales depends on finding product/market fit, enough customers, enough financing, enough great employees, distribution channels, etc. These are entrepreneurial skills you need to rapidly acquire or find a co-founder who already has them. Lessons Learned.

Technical Review 335

Technical Review Entrepreneur Artificial Inteligence Cofounder 335

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. With fewer than 10 employees but almost $2-billion dollars in the bank, they plan on jumping right in.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2020

by Itamar Gero, founder and CEO of SEOReseller.com . You can, however, make sure you do your part in keeping your employees and yourself safe from the disease. During this time, it’s also important to safeguard the morale of your employees. The PPP’s main purpose is to keep small business employees on the payroll.

Small Business 227

Small Business SBA Small Business Administration SEO 227

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 30, 2020

Rosenstrauch, Founder and CEO of FUEL Partnerships. Walmart, Amazon, Instacart are all attempting to rapidly hire hundreds of thousands of employees to meet the expectations of their customers. Rosenstrauch is the Founder and CEO of FUEL Partnerships. Two-day delivery, or pick up next week does not equate to speed.

America 222

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. were more distributed. Seriously, this happens.

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Operations New York City Technical Review Startup 286

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Reaching out is not only limited to addressing issues at work, as it can also serve as a channel for commending employees for a job well done. Doing so gives employees a chance to loosen up and strengthen relationships despite being apart from each other. Getting in touch with your team is not limited to office matters.

Management 165

Management Software Review Video Audio 165

VC Adventure

AUGUST 16, 2020

Despite how much time companies talk about the importance of their employees and, in many cases, how every employee is also an “owner” of their business through their option program, most companies are pretty ad hoc (or down right sloppy) about how they plan for and execute their option program.

Programming 149

Programming Vesting Equity Software Review 149

Transformify

MARCH 23, 2020

Traveling around the world, I met startup founders, forex traders, marketers, online shop owners, travel bloggers, Instagram influencers and digital business entrepreneurs of all kinds. Remote jobs allow unemployed people to become part of the distributed team of an organization based elsewhere in the world. Work From Home Jobs.

Technical Review 132

Technical Review Croatia San Francisco Software Review 132

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Founders almost never have a real strategy. Founders explain failures with things like “our two main competitors did [thing] to us” or “customers didn’t understand [our point of view].” The 10,000th biggest company in the world is a very successful company, as is the two-person company where the founders each take home $300k/year.

Restful 202

Restful Founder Revenue Acquisition 202

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Too many founders have learned that passion and free beta products do not imply a sustainable business. To get the visibility and distribution you need will likely require one or two levels of partner relationships and a real model for marketing, events and promotions. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales.

Business Model 273

Business Model Customer Angel Investor Bootstrapping 273

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

At the pre-seed stage, when the creator has a concept, the founder’s background, educational qualifications, domain experience, previous ventures, market size, and the complimentary talents brought by the cofounders are some of the most critical variables to consider before investing in a startup.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2023

Estate planning is often associated with allocating how your assets and resources will be distributed upon your death in a way that complies with your wishes, avoids burdensome taxation, and allows your beneficiaries to avoid the lengthy and complicated probate process. It creates opportunities to protect employees, too.

Security 154

Security Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Cofounder 154

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2019

How much do today’s employees dread heading into yet another meeting? However, the point is clear: generally, employees hate meetings. To that valuable — and for many employees, merciful — end, here are 10 best practices that MCAlert founder and Former Captain Jay Hart advises: 1. A survey of workers across the U.S.

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Founder Product Distribution Conversion 210

Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2020

During lockdown, there are a lot of people who enjoy not having to face commuting to work, not facing a boss everyday and possibly mingling with other employees they don’t get along with. Now, data is pulsing through customer experience, conversation, distribution, claims and inspections in insurance, and more.

Technical Review 143

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Artificial Inteligence 143

Austin Startup

MARCH 13, 2020

Q1 2020 marks Reset ’s two year anniversary, from when we had our first conversation about how we could help distributed teams find affordable space to meet and work. Your partner matters To all those solo-founders out there?—?kudos kudos to ya’ll. Our biggest example of this was our pivot from B2C to B2B.

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B2C Austin B2B Cofounder 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2021

Too many founders have learned that passion and free beta products do not imply a sustainable business. To get the visibility and distribution you need will likely require one or two levels of partner relationships and a real model for marketing, events and promotions. Word of mouth is not adequate for marketing and sales.

Business Model 414

Business Model Angel Investor Bootstrapping Revenue 414

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You’ve figured out your channels of distribution, pricing model and how to support your growing list of customers. So, your business has begun to take off. Don’t be alarmed by this next statement. That’s relatively easy. You can be the one to develop a product or service, promote it, and support it when you are a small operation.

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Revenue Distribution Reputation Operations 62

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

These include the product itself, the customer, the distribution channel, revenue model, how to get, keep and grow customers, resources and activities needed to build the business and costs.). And as part of their transition to predictable processes, their founders may or may not still be at the helm. Lessons Learned.

Acquisition 333

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Here the focus is on Pink Stuff, a British cleaning paste, which was #CleanTok mainstreamed to a quadrupling of revenue ($125m annually) and distribution to 55 countries. As Jared notes, To hedge against this predictable outcome, more founders should adopt longer vesting cycles for themselves and the earliest (big equity) employees.

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Founder Vesting Vesting Cap Table Founder 59

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2014

by Sean Broihier is the founder and CEO of Fine Art America and Pixels.com , As an entrepreneur, you’re probably used to wearing multiple hats and tackling all sorts of problems by yourself. I love it when all of my employees have creative, fulfilling projects to work on, and that’s exactly what we have — every day.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Depending on the business model, some hire providers as full-time W2 workers and some assemble a network of part-time providers with disperse distribution of available hours. As the landscape continues to evolve, we look forward to working with founders bringing unique perspectives and innovations in digital health. .

Vertical 156

Vertical Software Review Portfolio Demand 156

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. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. 18:05] How does the Founder Space operate? [20:21] He's the CEO of founders space.

San Francisco 95

San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 95

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

At a startup, this can be as simple as defining why the founder started the company in the first place. CXL’s founder, Peep Laja, has a specific “reason why” his company Wynter exists. Focus on creating a culture that makes your employees proud to be stewards of your brand. Take search-oriented creative agency Rise at Seven.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. If you fail, it’s your loss, not theirs, no matter what the reason.

Technology 206

Technology Agile Architecture Distribution 206

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 19, 2019

A startups seeds are sown and sprouted either because the founder(s) have come up with a unique solution with a product (like a software or a physical product) or service. Many times the startups product or service is to provide a more efficient way around recreating and distributing a product or service that is already a business.

India 131

India Startup Cofounder Software Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2023

But the insights I see from her book and elsewhere are equally applicable to startup founders of all ages, and businesses of all ages. Past layoffs at big companies usually means more great employees on the market now for newer companies. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services.

Viral 232

Viral Revenue Distribution Campaign 232

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Kayak generates both distribution (i.e.

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In my view, this mismatch of motivation to your business model is the primary reason that 90 percent of startups ultimately fail, and a shockingly high 80 percent of employees are dissatisfied at work. Every business needs marketing, distribution, a positive revenue model and intellectual property to survive.

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Intellectual Property Matching Business Model Cofounder 243

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2011

Presenting your startup vision as a founder to a potential investor, or presenting an idea as an employee to an executive, requires that you effectively communicate, or “translate”, the value proposition into terms that the receiver can fully understand and appreciate. If you fail, it’s your loss, not theirs, no matter what the reason.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The founders each have common shares that will vest over four years. The vesting schedule protects each of the co-founders in case one gets hit by a bus or decides to drop the project after a short period of time. As first time entrepreneurs they did not create an employee options pool; we’ll fix that in a little while.

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Cap Table CTO Hire Technical Cofounder Cofounder 133

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. To that point, we are most excited when our founders are able to go from slide deck to product-market fit and Series A and beyond. AWS Reinvent Survivor Dinner with founders, Fortune 500 execs, and VCs.

Stealth 79

Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2020

But the insights I see from her book and elsewhere are equally applicable to startup founders of all ages, and businesses of all ages. Past layoffs at big companies usually means more great employees on the market now for newer companies. These are chances to broaden your product line, change distribution, offer new services.

Viral 430

Viral Revenue Distribution Cloud 430

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

More About Jon Picoult: Learn more about Jon’s book, FROM IMPRESSED TO OBSESSED: 12 Principles For Turning Customers And Employees Into Lifelong Fans. He helps companies impress their customers and inspire their employees creating raving fans that drive business growth. Learn more about Jon and his company. So Jon, welcome to the show.

Customer 74

Customer Technical Review Employee Artificial Inteligence 74

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Founder insistence on non-dilute clauses, arms-length relationships, and quick closure without due diligence will short-circuit active interest. Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. Dysfunctional or non-functional team members.

Due Diligence 271

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock 271

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

This creates a sustainable competitive advantage for the business, and ensures a more secured future for stakeholders such as investors, employees, suppliers, and tourism partners. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a classic liberal arts and a psychology major student.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Singapore Artificial Inteligence Myanmar 165

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2023

He is the co-founder of Boast.ai, where he leveraged the Community-Led Growth model to bootstrap the company. He is also the co-founder of Traction, a community empowering over 100k innovators through connections, content, and capital. He is the co-founder of Boast.ai He is an entrepreneur, podcast host, and community builder.

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