YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

You must have heard about people who build startups, make them successful, sell them, and move on to start another startup. In this article, we will discuss why it is important to understand the whole startup stages concept before you start a business to get the most benefit. Early Stage. Product development.

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Up and Running

APRIL 12, 2018

A forecast is documentation that shows potential investors and lenders what they need to know about your business, but also that you are competent, knowledgeable about your business and its strengths and weaknesses, and a reasonably safe investment. Evaluate expenses. Start your financial forecast with your known expenses.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

I am fond of quoting that about 70% of my investment decision of an early-stage company is the team. And you need to be careful about giving up control to cofounders as much as VCs. I don’t think VCs care as much about co-founders & economics as people think. Be careful about board construction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2019

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 21, 2020

In doing so, it then ensures you will deliver an MVP that not only captures your market but saves you time and money in the long run by not building features that don’t appeal to your target customer or are not necessary for early-stage launch. How is it done? Nick Frandsen is a co-founder and managing partner at Dovetail.

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View from Seed

JULY 5, 2022

“Businesses of all sizes are thinking about sustainability and corporate responsibility more deeply than ever before. RH: And last but not least, why should the world care about this problem and how you’re solving it? RH: What’s your favorite thing about being an early-stage founder? Founder: Connor Cash.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

While the rewards may be a boon to their company in the short term, the consequences of accepting outside funding too early can be debilitating. There’s a reason why I refer to early-stage VC funding as vulture capital, and to be honest it’s pretty accurate. Focus on Product Development First.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

Complicating the development of a useful product is the stringent safety and compliance approval testing that varies based on country and industry. Businesses have a lot to think about when they have a new product idea and one missed step in the product development lifecycle can significantly impact business success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Specialized VCs start to jump in at this stage.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Among these opportunities, the chance to pitch an investor and secure funding is perhaps the greatest of all — at least in the early stages of your startup career — as it can ultimately determine the long-term fate of your company. Poor founder dynamics or a focus on small or shrinking markets can also sink your chances.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2015

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better strategies to follow. Specialized VCs start to jump in at this stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2017

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

Noah Smith recently wrote about why everyone should get excited about India’s prospects. I shared his optimism going into this trip and came back even more bullish about the potential of India’s tech ecosystem. I had only a few connections in India before this trip.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2013

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

While the success of a product is heavily dependent upon value, it’s not uncommon for many to fail in their very early stages—this is especially true with little funding, research, and long-term planning. In an age of ‘see now, buy now’, there are critical steps and solutions to product sustainability. To Round It Up.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

It’s not that these companies are smarter than Defense Department employees, but they operate with different philosophies, different product development methodologies, and with different constraints. Urgency and risk-taking in a startup are integral parts of the culture, felt by 100 percent of early-stage employees.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, April 14, 2009 Validated learning about customers Would you rather have $30,000 or $1 million in revenues for your startup? In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. In fact, this company hasn’t shipped any new products in months.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In the early stages of a startup your hypotheses about all the parts of your business model are your profound beliefs. Here’s how I learned why they were critical to successful customer development. One day the CEO called me into his office and asked, “Steve I’ve been thinking about this as our strategy going forward.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Rob Sobers said about the marketing growth strategy, “It’s not about tactics—it’s about people and process.”. A marketing growth strategy is about small and incremental wins that build up over time. Growth marketing is about process over tactics. Product development. Growth is everyone’s business.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

This product development diagram had become part of the DNA of Silicon Valley. This product development diagram had become part of the DNA of Silicon Valley. And even more importantly, was there any way to reduce risk in early stage ventures? familiar with Customer Development you should be.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2012

There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. Stretch” goals in early-stage are not advised. Ironically, startups that are all about change often are slow to see the need, or slow to implement.

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View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

etc… In addition, first-time founders I speak to often talk about how much they have learned and how they resolve to do things differently and better the next time. The last time they were starting a company at the raw, pre-product/market fit stage may have been quite a few years ago. 2: Pursue side projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

One of the biggest mistakes I see early-stage startups making is hiring “seasoned&# sales professionals or hiring people too senior, too early. OK, I’m still self conscious about whether a comma goes there but you get the point. Also, this goes equally for business development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2011

There are unknowns at every turn, leading product development, attracting customers, managing cash, and dealing with human resources and office politics. Stretch” goals in early-stage are not advised. Ironically, startups that are all about change often are slow to see the need, or slow to implement.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 28, 2020

These lost startups land higher valuations, have larger teams, outsource more product development and spend more money on customer acquisition than their peers. Before you indulge in marketing, sales and blinged-out offices, find product-market fit. Be trigger shy about hiring. How do you know you have it?

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2010

In fact, it’s all about the “focus” required to get early stage technology products across the deadly chasm from early adopters to mainstream customers. Product development chasm. Another common chasm is never-ending product development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Early-stage entrepreneurs rightly keep their focus on creating an innovative product or service. After celebrating success at that level, they often find themselves ill-prepared to move to the next stage, for scaling their business into a high-performing enterprise. Switch your attention from product development to sales.

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Early Growth Financial Services

DECEMBER 11, 2012

by Tony Karrer Originally published on SoCal CTO Almost every day I’m talking to early stage startup founders (see Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions) about what they plan to do. Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 13, 2017

This part of the planning process is not about your idea or product, it’s about solving a problem AND satisfying a customer’s need. and “Why they would buy your product?” The biggest thing to remember here is that your customers do not exist to buy your products, you exist for them. and “Why would they pay for it?”

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 17, 2015

I’m on a panel at an investor conference tomorrow discussing the merits of active investing, which will be a debate about how much investors should do above and beyond the provision of cash. The gaps that we most often fill are product, development, design, marketing, recruitment and fundraising.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As we wanted a direct path to the user to ensure we would be providing the best user experience, we decided to go for a freemium model to lower the bar for developers to get started. million developers using our product. Developers have no barrier to getting started with Snyk. Today, we have around 1.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Rob jokes about it.

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