Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Most entrepreneurs have learned that it’s almost always quicker and easier to get cash from someone you know, rather than angel investors or professional investors (VCs). In fact, most investors “require” that you already have some investment from friends and family before they will even step up to the plate. You see, investors invest in people, before they invest in ideas or products.
View from Seed
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
One of the most promising trends accelerating in digital health is the verticalization of digital health. Historically, the healthcare market has been regional, limited by the in-person nature of care delivery. Telemedicine is game-changing as it opens up the possibility of addressing a national market, so long as you have a network of providers licensed to practice in specific states.
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The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
It is tough to get a steady stream of visitors to your website; however, it can be a bigger challenge to convert them into customers. If you have been noticing that despite getting substantial traffic to your website, not enough visitors are converting, it could well be due to them abandoning your site. A high bounce rate can prove to be very costly because it makes your online marketing budget go to waste.
ReadWriteStart
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Launching a new startup is always exciting. The upward potential in front of you is practically limitless. When you have the right idea at the right time, a startup that begins life as two people in a garage can eventually become a multi-billion-dollar enterprise. But before you get to the beginning level — you’ll need to go through some difficult growing pains.
Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic
Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in
Eric Friedman
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
My partner ( Steve Schlafman ) and I recently launched Tapestry , an exercise for founders to invest in their relationships, and it was met with an incredible reaction. You don’t need to raise $250K – $2M to test your startup idea. @EricFriedman and I spent less than $1.5K to launch Tapestry. We built mostly at night and on the weekends. The barrier to launching a high quality MVP is collapsing.
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
In these uncertain times, there is no doubt that budgets have been squeezed. Where you may have previously been able to engage with a digital marketing agency to help with your SEO activity , you may find that you now need to take on some of that workload internally. . Yes, enlisting the support of an SEO specialist is still a great idea if you want to continue driving highly valuable organic traffic.
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Mucker Lab
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Mucker’s first meeting with Emotive happened in November of 2018, though our initial investment wouldn’t happen until 18 months later in May 2020 when we would lead their Series A. Today, Emotive announces their $50M Series B closed just 7 months after to accelerate growth after a transformative year for eCommerce brands. When meeting with founders, we often find ourselves answering questions about what to expect with our diligence process and timeline between the first conversation and a term s
David Teten
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
The user experience in the big, ungated social networks is getting steadily worse: spam, bots, fake news. One result: I think we’ll see people spending more and more time in gated online communities. Particularly in a time of social distancing, when people can’t meet one another in person. But…how do you find the right online communities that are worth your while?
Up and Running
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
From GDPR to ADA compliance, there are more and more regulations than ever that apply to business websites. While the details of the regulations might feel a bit overwhelming to manage, we’ve assembled a list of 5 legal requirements that help to protect your customers and web visitors. These legal requirements go well beyond diminishing any legal risk and avoiding liability for the site owner — they create goodwill with your customers and are symbols of respect for web visitors.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) provides enterprises with comprehensive cyber threat protection. This is something that needs to be taken seriously in today’s age. It doesn’t matter if you’re a massive corporation or a small business, someone somewhere is interested in your sensitive data. Any weaknesses in your defense provide a potential vulnerability to be exploited by dark actors.
Board Effect
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
With so much change going on in the world today, it’s clear that an intricate web of disruptive factors for nonprofits is a prime issue for nonprofit boards. Changes in society, the global economy, and technology are the leading forces behind vast disruption in the nonprofit arena. To run their nonprofits successfully, leaders need to be able to swiftly adapt and change with the trends.
deal architect
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Dennis has announced he is retiring. I knew it was coming - he would often fret he did not have enough time for his large and growing family - but I would have bet it would be towards end of.
Transformify
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Changes in any workplace are usually prompted by the results of an internal audit on business practices, processes, and procedures, implementing the use of new technology, a shift in customer values, or an overall rebrand or restructuring of the entire business. 2020 also highlighted how workplaces change in response to a crisis. One of the workplace transformations we’ve seen more of in response to the COVID-19 crisis is the use of fully remote or hybrid work models.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Owning a business is a dream for many people, and several people work hard to turn their dreams into a reality. Many people have business ideas of making a successful venture. Still, they do not possess non-business skills like courage and grit required for running it. Besides, having your own company seems fascinating; it does not require you to live by someone else’s rules.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
I’ve always said that startups are all about execution. Sometimes I encounter self-proclaimed entrepreneurs who have been “thinking” about a concept for many years, and haven’t started yet. Some of these may be visionaries, but none are real entrepreneurs - yet. Elon Musk has built several innovative companies, including SpaceX and Tesla Motors, and is worth about $185 billion.
deal architect
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
As we have moved to virtual vendor briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission from vendors), as part of my Analyst Cam series. I had a chance to catch up with Darren Roos, CEO of IFS.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
When you are starting your new business, you need to make a solid business plan so you have a clear idea of how you are going to make your business grow. The post How To Start A New Business With No Money appeared first on Young Upstarts.
View from Seed
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
For early stage VC ‘s, Syndication is the process of sharing investments with other potential co-investors. The classic scenario is when a VC has a signed term sheet to lead a round, but has left room open for another meaningful investor. At this point, the investor and the entrepreneur work together to develop their perfect list of potential partners, and then do targeted outreach to try to bring this investor into the round.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Most startups are happy to find any customer, and will hang on for dear life to every one. Only later do they realize that some of these cost more than they are worth, or lead into commitments they can’t sustain, but no business wants to violate the golden rule that every customer needs to be treated as if they were the only customer. In reality, the real world is full of pragmatics.
deal architect
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
As we have moved to virtual vendor briefings, I have increasingly been excerpting short video segments (with permission from vendors), as part of my Analyst Cam series. SAP hosted for analysts a Industry Cloud briefing last week. I have excerpted.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
Livelyt has come up with the unique and useful self storage in LA. One can now freely roam around or start any new venture without worrying about storing their belongings or hiring any expensive place to store the luggage for some time, The post The Unique Self Storage Facilities Of Livelyt appeared first on Young Upstarts.
View from Seed
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
One of the toughest things about seed stage investing is knowing that many successful companies started off on the wrong path. Sometimes, the general idea was right, but the company needed to refactor something quite foundational to their model to make things work. Other times, the original idea is scrapped and something completely different starts to work.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
As an advisor to many startups today, I still see that most of you entrepreneurs see yourselves as the sole driver of your new solution, and the key driver of your new business. That’s not all bad in the beginning, but as you scale , every business has to build a team to keep up with the wide range of skills needed , fight new competitors, and respond to changes in the marketplace.
Feld Thoughts
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Amy and I just underwrote one-year memberships to the Boulder Chamber of Commerce for 62 Black-owned businesses in Boulder. Last summer, Aaron Clark started putting together a list of Black-owned Businesses in Boulder. The current list is at 62. A few weeks ago, John Tayer at the Boulder Chamber mentioned an initiative he was working on with Aaron to get discounted memberships to all 62 companies.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
You my be a writer, but there are other things you need to know to promote your work. Here are some things you can do to promote your written work. The post 4 Ways To Promote Your Written Work appeared first on Young Upstarts.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
Starting your own business is challenging. What’s even tougher is discovering the right business to start. Unless you know what kind of business you wish to start, it makes sense to search for startup opportunities that check off your most important boxes. If startup cost is essential, make sure to look for a business with low costs. Perhaps, having time for yourself is the most crucial aspect of your business.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
One of the most valuable attributes of a good business professional and leader is to be able to control emotional outbursts, to maximize your credibility and respect, and to maintain your own health. The best of you train yourselves to show emotions sparingly and strategically, while the rest are convinced that emotions cannot be controlled , and are a function of culture and genetics.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Fundraising takes a long time. I’m a female founder. I don’t have a technical co-founder. I don’t have enough traction. These are all of the things I heard from a founder that I recently backed. She was pitching for a pre-seed round of $400k. I committed to the round, but I wanted to see her raise a bit more—at least $750k, but perhaps up to $1.5mm.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
There are many ways to put your restaurant business in the best possible position for profit. Consider trying any of these tips above to see if they make a difference in your line of work. The post Popular Ways To Boost Profits In Your Restaurant appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Hunter Walker
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
Advisors can be so much more than social proof and tactical advice. “Can we put you as an advisor in our deck? You don’t even need to do anything and we’ll give you equity. It would be a big help for our fundraise.” This was the proposition offered to me surprisingly frequently during my pre-Homebrew days. You see, the demand for “startup advisors” were going through a little bit of a boomlet.
Feld Thoughts
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Amy and I have coffee for about 30 minutes every morning. It’s been one of the wonderful positive side effects of the Covid crisis. Some days we land on a topic. Other days we don’t. Today, after a few minutes, the question “What is your worldview?” popped up, and we bashed that around for a little while. The last year has had an enormous impact on my personal worldview.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Sales coaching is a strategic approach to improving the performance of sales reps and sales success of the organization in general. It is a critical role that sales managers execute but it must be backed by relevant data and sales coaching tools. These sales manager tools help to ensure the right behaviours are replicated among sales reps while eliminating those that don’t work.
YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
When you first launch your product to market, you are very much in a honeymoon phase with your customers. Luke Sheppard shares three tips to make the most of the honeymoon phase with your customers. The post Customer Engagement: Don’t Skip The Honeymoon! appeared first on Young Upstarts.
ConversionXL
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
How do you go from good to great? How do you remain relevant as your competition continues to gain more market share? As the technology and business landscape continues to shift rapidly, companies that embrace innovation will have a clear advantage over those who don’t. . As with most things in marketing and business, product innovation isn’t something that happens from a few meetings or putting together a polished slide deck.
Feld Thoughts
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
The only time I go outside right now is to go running. I had an awesome run in the dark at 5:30am today in 10 degrees. There were only two cars that passed me and one person near the end of my run walking his dog. As Amy and I sit in our office in Aspen and grind away, we are blessed with a magical view. A few moments ago, my EA Annie sent me a link to WindowSwap.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Business technology has come a long way over the past couple of decades. Technology used to be fun gadgets, but now we’re seeing innovative technological processes that change the way we live our lives! The business world has been completely revolutionised by technology. It is responsible for the majority of transactions, security and communications (among many other vital processes).
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