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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. My rationale is simple: everything goes wrong and only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Be careful about board construction.
Business Plan Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2013
Furthermore, when faced with adversity only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Be sure to leave plenty of equity for investors. Typically, these hires fall into 2 buckets: product development and sales. Don’t make everyone a founder.
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Up and Running
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
After all, sweat equity can make up for a trim marketing budget, but it would be hard to make up for cuts in product development and customer service without sacrificing customer experience. Current and new customers care a lot more about product or service quality, and the value of your item.
infochachkie.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
About Who the Heck is Uncle Saul? Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. One of the best things about being an entrepreneur is that there are no rules.
Up and Running
MAY 23, 2016
To give you a better idea of what entrepreneurs in this industry are thinking about during each phase of the startup process, I interviewed SaaS entrepreneurs from all over the world, including our own COO Noah Parsons. Noah has been a key figure in the making of LivePlan, our own SaaS product. Create your minimum viable product.
ConversionXL
OCTOBER 7, 2021
However, the shape of the curve—the length of the arc and the speed of the decline—is also determined by how you market that product at each stage of its life. In this article, we’ll look at the different stages of the product lifecycle through the lens of marketing. Before introduction comes development. Introduction.
Startup Lessons Learned
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
That’s why I care a lot about diversity: not for its own sake, but because it is a source of strength for teams that have it, and a symptom of dysfunction for those that don’t. There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about gender equity in the high-tech and entrepreneurship worlds lately. This is a good thing.
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