VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

Jonathan Lai, General Partner, A16Z Gaming fund. Meta (fka Facebook), also presented a simplified view of 3 main Metaverse layers: Foundations — hardware, protocols and standards The foundations of the building include the hardware — phones, VR headsets, AR glasses, etc.— Let’s define the building blocks of the Metaverse.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How do they become present on new social media and communications channels? How to they use the new distribution channels competitors have adopted? How do they make these transitions without alienating and losing their existing customers, distribution channels and partners? Are these the real problems?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

As a former angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Every entrepreneur needs to know and communicate the total costs associated with their solution or product, including cost of goods sold, customer acquisition costs, capital costs, operational expenses, and partner costs.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2011

In a developer panel discussion this morning, there was a muted but robust discussion around the creation, distribution and monetization of apps. Chang also said that there are various paid and free app distribution services that can be leveraged. Opportunities and Challenges for Application Developers. Rise of the Apps.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2021

The more automated the business processes, the faster to perform operations. In the current world, the speed of operations, systematic approach in your business is everything. Any business without the digital presence and digital operations are already dead or soon will be dead. It is hard to do that without innovations.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. To form a digital development fund to coordinate the R&D and the distribution pathways with our like-minded partners.

Technical Review 235

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Camden is the Founder and CEO of the Nonprofit Organization Beyond the Crisis Beyond the Crisis, the food-distribution charity, which has distributed over 100,000 dollars of food items to housing communities and homeless shelters across Massachusetts. John Jantsch (00:48): Welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2015

Though one sells and the other collects, they are two sides to the same coin, so much so that the collection process should be presented as the last step in the sales process. Unlike sales, a group that typically operates on commissions, defining a plan for the collections department can be trickier.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This adds further momentum to their business transformation, potentially changing the dynamics of relationships among IT vendors, partners and their end-user customers. Our CloudSSL is an SSL distribution service available via API and is designed specifically to help web services operate securely in the Cloud.

Asia 222

Asia Cloud Software Review China 222

Mike Michalowicz

JULY 25, 2016

They share strategies and techniques of how they implement Profit First, which has become a great tool to keep minority partners actively involved/supportive of the business. Too add, by implementing Profit First, within the first two weeks of starting the business, the company took their first distribution check! Corporate Partners.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

In particular, in our second dataset, we found a disproportionate number of theses focused on “technical” companies (vaguely defined) and focused on companies attacking “problems of the future rather than the present”, in various permutations of that language. . Attack problems of the future rather than the present (or some variant).

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2015

Then there’s also the issue of the long-term view for your enterprise mobile apps; how many update cycles are planned, did you take into account operating system upgrades, or even device updates? Organizations build mobile apps for three main groups of people: customers, partners and employees. Who will use the app?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Very few people can do a good job with a presentation that is emailable.”. You still need the presentation to back that up. Distribution. Is that when it became big?

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

How to Scale Unicorns With Partner David Zhang, TVC. Joining us for this episode is our partner David Zhang, Partner at TCV (( Technology Crossover Ventures ). I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. In your mind, what is different in the way companies need to operate in that post-unicorn stage? .

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2013

Avoid the popular mindset that success means grandeur in your methods and operations; rather meditate on the fact that success is a journey that can be enhanced with practical means and practical equipments. The most terrible thing that can happen is for your operations to halt due to a lack of capable employees.

Technical Review 171

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Whether your new software is ‘in the cloud,’ an online download, or distributed on a CD through various direct and indirect distribution channels, the process of localization is still a time consuming, manually intensive, and expensive effort. Despite all the hype and free tools, there still is not ‘an app for that.’

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Paul Bianco, CEO of Graphite Financial *, says, “Entrepreneurs are characteristically optimistic by nature, and often present their board best-case-scenario budgets and projections. Without systems in place to manage distributed spending, finance teams will leave money on the table.”. Guest contributed to Techcrunch.

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Brandanew

MAY 14, 2015

As an ongoing series called the Social Expert Speak , today we present insights from @KenHerron , an exemplary social marketer and a leading expert on content and social media. They also don’t require an agency to “ generate ” the stories of their business’ origin, day-to-day operations, and vision for the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Every entrepreneur needs to know and communicate the total costs associated with their solution or product, including cost of goods sold, customer acquisition costs, capital costs, operational expenses, and partner costs.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

This will require many partners – credit card companies, banks, microcredit institutions, the United Nations, foundations and community leaders. It is being impacted by the growth in mobile network operators and mobile payment platforms, not classified as deposit-taking institutions, who are acting as banking agents.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

How will these affect day-to-day operations? In fact, the business plan does not have to be a formal document at all if you don’t need to present your plan to outsiders. In contrast to the standard plan and the startup plan, is the operations or annual plan. Distribution of competitors: Are there many competitors close to you?

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Venture Capital Business Plan Limited Liability Company Finance 166

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Legal requirements are designed for the safety of the businesses especially where partners are involved. There are specific laws formulated for the business and operations and those laws are different for different regions. It is for the smooth operations of the company that stops the employers, third parties and partners from wrongs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

As she recalls, "once we as a team and ecosystem of stakeholders got our plan together--and a big part of that was our incredible school partners, who said, 'We are going to feed as many kids and families as we can,'-- within a week, we were building at light speed what would be the next iteration of Revolution Foods and our feeding system."

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2021

Business plans presume that building a startup is a series of predictable steps requiring execution of a plan which assumes a series of known facts: known customers, known features, known pricing, known distribution channel. The teams present these reflections, along with required specific deliverables for each week.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

O perations – We work closely with a pool of preferred service providers who address the operational challenges of early-stage companies: accounting, financial modeling, sales acceleration, legal and regulatory needs, insurance, real estate, engineering, and community building. This is roughly comparable to PRNewswire’s distribution service.

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Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

If they like what they see in the executive summary, they’ll often follow up with a request for a complete plan, a pitch presentation, and other data about your business. Does each business partner own an equal portion of the business? Positioning is how you will try and present your company to your customers. Distribution.

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Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

When you submit a panel suggestion for SXSW, you must explain how the group represents diverse backgrounds, ethnicity, and perspectives and you must include at least one female in every group of 3 or more panelists or presenters. Stephen is a Capital Factory Mentor, serial entrepreneur and former General Partner at Austin Ventures.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

One recent development has been that larger companies are now looking at small innovative companies in a new light — as potential partners in developing new products, processes and services. And this presents significant opportunities for small businesses that can provide the needed assistance. A Case in Point.

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Intellectual Property Philadelphia Small Business California 106

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

I’m excited to let you know that David Norris joined us today as my Partner. Today I am proud to join Forward Partners as a VC. I’ve worked in digital businesses since 2000 as Product Manager, ECommerce Operations Director and most recently as Chief Operating Officer (3 companies). Forward Partners, London.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Applicaster helps content owners, broadcasters, cable companies and mobile operators of all sizes deliver innovative and profitable mobile broadcast experiences. Our mission is to help content owners, broadcasters, cable companies and mobile operators of all sizes deliver innovative and profitable mobile experiences.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

For Dan Hughes, Director of Operations at startup brewery ColdFire Brewing, he and his brother have been hard at work on business development and recipe formulation, navigating bureaucracy, and enduring the inevitable delays that come with brewery construction, equipment delivery, and regulatory approval.

Oregon 60

Oregon Jordan SBA Cofounder 60

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. The Joint Chiefs have no operational authority over troops.

Technology 217

Technology China Artificial Inteligence Operations 217

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

However, if you are to launch and gain traction with your startup successfully, you will need more than a fancy business plan; you will need actionable ideas on how to handle important aspects of your business such as production, marketing, and distribution. Partner with like-minded individuals. Have your business funding figured out.

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Startup Bootstrapping Finance Social Media 178

Hearpreneur

JULY 3, 2019

And that goes for my extended team as well – our strong network of partners who complete us. I set up my business to be distributed, so although my company is based out of Scottsdale, Arizona, I live in Thailand most of the time. I wanted to be present with my family and for my dreams. It feels like a family.

Entrepreneur 105

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

All Things Distributed Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. If you want to have a great future you have to start thinking about itin the present, because when the futures here you wont have the time. “ My job at Microsoft is to worry about technology in thefuture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Every entrepreneur needs to know and communicate the total costs associated with their solution or product, including cost of goods sold, customer acquisition costs, capital costs, operational expenses, and partner costs.

Business Model 143

Business Model Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor 143