crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

But instead of focusing on just one category of thing, I am going to mix it up and make it about various resources any entrepreneur might benefit from. A great blog for entrepreneurs should be like a wonderful novel. Feel free to add your own favorite entrepreneur stuff to the list, starting with number 11… Happy New Year!

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Eighty some pages later I realized that a) I had some great war stories as a good marketeer and failed CEO, b) I’d have to pay my wife and kids to read them, c) the three of them were probably the entire total available market, and d) when I looked at what I had done and what other entrepreneurs had done at their startups, that there was a pattern.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

And for some strange reason entrepreneurs didn’t share this information. I’ve started from day one trying to build total transparency into my process with entrepreneurs. This starts with understanding how VCs and entrepreneurs often see valuation differently. Back then VentureHacks didn’t exist.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2011

tl;dr version: If you’re an entrepreneur or VC or will be working in this industry - buy this. Redemption rights? – entrepreneurs never seem to focus on anything other than ownership percentage. From there VentureHacks was then launched which gave entrepreneur advice on fund raising from your point of view.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Because many great entrepreneurs work with lawyers in registering their companies they have their ear to the pavement on the earliest of company formations.

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Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2017

Almost on a weekly basis, I meet new aspiring entrepreneurs looking to execute on their ideas. An entrepreneur can quantitatively test potential buyers’ real intentions and develop a genuine understanding their needs before building out the product (app). The best entrepreneurs are able to get at interviewees’ real intentions.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 27, 2022

Here are the various ways entrepreneurs and business owners stay motivated in business. #1- The one habit that I think makes me more productive and motivated as an entrepreneur is having a fixed morning routine I do when I wake up that excites and energizes me. One of my favorite movies is the Shawshank Redemption.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 3, 2011

Entrepreneurs definitely have become interested in this model. Observation 2: Spending beyond face value at redemption is not predictive of profitability. Observation 3: A larger face value & redemption duration helps attract new customers but the discount does not. Future Investigations.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

This makes redemption quick and convenient, without the hassle of showing printed emails or other methods employed by traditional group-buying sites. Mobile Spinach was founded in 2010 by entrepreneurs John Vitti, Antonio Vitti, and Steve Lewis.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

According to Borrell Associates, mobile coupons get 10 times the redemption rate of traditional coupons. According to Mobile Marketer, 70% of all mobile searches result in action within 1 hour. REVENUES & RESULTS 8.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Reply links for 2009-09-07 « Blarney Fellow , on September 7, 2009 at 6:10 pm Said: [.]

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 21, 2015

See Also: The Year’s 10 Best Movies for Entrepreneurs. See Also: 7 Startup Lessons from an Inspiring Entrepreneur. This year, Bradley Cooper takes on a similar role as a head-chef looking for redemption. Everyone’s tastes are different, but I’m sure there are two or three on this list you’ll enjoy. Inspirational films.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 12, 2012

With the internet making several new forms of funding available to entrepreneurs who want to sidestep the hassles and qualification of getting bank financing, there's a little confusion about peer-to-peer lending sites and how they're different from crowdfunding.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Hold The Knowledge, Hold The Power In the movie Shawshank Redemption , Andy (the lead character) is a prisoner wrongly accused of a crime and serving a long sentence. It is a delicate balance you have to accept and treat with respect, or else it will govern your life and take control over your journey. How To Become Unemployable 1.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 30, 2015

When raising your first round of capital, there are a few common mistakes many entrepreneurs make. I then signed off on an ugly redemption clause without analyzing the waterfall in an average exit scenario. 1. ”… Click To Tweet. Not having legal counsel.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

In addition, Groupon has a favorable cash cycle as they collect cash up front from consumers but don’t have to pay merchants for awhile (in US typically 60 days, int’l usually upon consumer redemption). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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Babbling VC

MAY 4, 2011

I was reminded of the wonderful quote from Shawshank Redemption where the main character says to "Get Busy Livin' or Get Busy Dyin'!" . . Well, it isn't much different in the business world.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

My general opinion is that anything that makes the financing process faster and easier or otherwise educates entrepreneurs is a good thing. (A If new investors get better rights in a future equity financings (such as registration rights, price-based anti-dilution, redemption rights, etc.), Redemption rights. Future rights.

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Life Beyond Code

APRIL 14, 2010

What the redemptions won’t say is: How many of those people would have stayed at Westin twice even when they didn’t see this offer (regulars at Westin). Since there will be redemptions of the $100 certificate there is a “perceived win&# and that is the invisible flaw.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2020

As a successful entrepreneur and business owner, Raef Hamaed has steadily grown his specialty pharmacy business from scratch. Of course, this was an incredible undertaking for a fledgling entrepreneur. Thus, he learned to be cognizant of this factor, a learning curve for many entrepreneurs and business leaders.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 20, 2015

The most glorious media story arc is rags to riches to rags with redemption back to riches. The media wants hero stories. It also wants goat stories. None of this is new – it’s been going on since the beginning of time. Just look at the covers of magazines going back 100 years. And I find it completely boring and tedious.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

This product development diagram had become part of the DNA of Silicon Valley. So much so that after I started teaching I’d ask, “Can anybody recognize this model of startups?

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

I have previously discussed this issue in detail, and the importance of choosing solid investors, in my post “ Doing Deals In The New Decade: 7 Tips For Entrepreneurs ” (see tip #1). Indeed, some very pro-entrepreneur investors, like Fred Wilson , do not require no-shop provisions (see rule #4 in Fred’s post “ Competing To Win Deals ”).

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

My third story is about Failure and Redemption. Eighty pages later, I realized that I had some great stories as an entrepreneur and a failed CEO. But the more I thought about what I had done, and what other entrepreneurs had tried, I realized something absurdly simple was staring at me. I had just turned 20 years old.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Although the entrepreneur doesn’t mention price on the show, the Cozy Bug website shows the dresses selling for around $20. The entrepreneur is seeking not just money, but primarily contacts with buyers at big retailers to get wider distribution. The entrepreneur made the right decision. WIRED WAFFLES.

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Scott Edward Walker

AUGUST 31, 2011

Introduction This post was originally part of the “ Ask the Attorney ” series which I am writing for VentureBeat (one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs). We’re first time entrepreneurs, and we don’t know if this is standard practice and what we should do. Any advice would be appreciated.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Founders can repurchase up to 90% of this ownership via monthly redemption payments starting 12-36 months after investment, determined based on gross revenues and lasting up to a 3x repayment. redemption, revenue share, etc.) Versatile is an aggressive user of technology internally to manage the firm and make better investments. .

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Scott Edward Walker

JULY 27, 2011

There is, however, another set of rights with which many entrepreneurs may not be familiar: State law rights. These are rights granted to stockholders pursuant to the respective laws of the company’s State of incorporation and are often the only rights that minority common stockholders have.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 8, 2012

Which, BTW, is a phenomenal rate of redemption in the universe of online marketing.). They are also smart enough to understand the ‘cookie’ strategy; in other words along with the valuable content they send me the occasional sweet goodie in the form of a coupon or discount offering. Target and segment.

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Diego Basch

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

It’s one of the big nightmares of an entrepreneur: Big Company shows interest in Startup. ” This was followed by a description of the most horrendous task the company could think of, the software equivalent of the escape scene from The Shawshank Redemption. I read this story yesterday about a failed startup acquisition.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

We’d had a lot of interaction with the EITs (we are volunteers , they are entrepreneurs in training or EITs ) and were feeling as comfortable as one can feel in a level four maximum security prison. ” The exercise lasted about an hour and was just before lunch.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Buying into such a notion is dangerous – dangerous for the entrepreneur and dangerous for the investor. As a simple example, many investors and entrepreneurs do not realize that coupon or discount use is a contra-revenue event when it comes to revenue recognition. You must subtract it from your top-line revenue.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 8, 2014

Redemption is all around us every wherever we look, whether as a plot-line in a movie or in the world of politics. Entrepreneurs make mistakes every single day, many of them completely unforced errors. Mom told us to learn from our mistakes. The world’s great religions teach us that our transgressions will be forgiven.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 9, 2016

As an entrepreneur I believe it’s is the key to better ideas, better presenting, better selling, better leadership, and perhaps even most innovation. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – by Bryan Stevenson.

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Scott Edward Walker

JULY 11, 2011

.” - @jgebbia [link] Road to Riches: Zynga’s Path to IPO – interesting infographic [link] Walker Blog-Related In case you missed it, here’s my post regarding redemption rights in a VC term sheet: [link] My new Forbes post: Doing Deals – 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs (Part 2) [link].

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 8, 2015

What does this mean for entrepreneurs and investors? I do wonder if we will being to see the rarely used redemption clauses triggered where early investors may be happy to take their money back plus accrued preferential return to close out a fund. Hope that changes in 2016. Most never make it there. Back to that PayPal merger.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Getting Out of the Building Wasn’t Entertainment – Discovery and Validation Now that I was the master of the “facts” about customer needs in these specialized vertical markets , and with my team of vertical marketers , I thought I had achieved absolution and redemption. But there was one fatal flaw.

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