The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 11, 2023
The following is a condensed explanation of seed funding: Seed money is a form of early-stage financing that new businesses receive from investors in exchange for a share of ownership in the company. The term “seed financing” refers to the stage of funding that comes from first equity. What exactly is the seed funding?
Hunter Walker
JUNE 7, 2014
However with so many companies being funded these days, just getting a mention in a tech blog doesn’t really impact job seekers. Github, behance and other places where technical talent can showcase their work means that you’re able to identify the people you want to go after.
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ConversionXL
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
You can’t beat category kings, and the only exception for this is through tech disruption. Marketing should collaborate as a business function with sales, finance and ops, but you shouldn’t replace any of their tasks as a manager. There’s no in between: it can bridge the gap between tech and people or close it.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 31, 2010
You have no choice since in the first few years everything you do is about showing results to justify financing to continue your operations. I would work through my sales deals pipelines by doing pipeline reviews. As a very early-stage startup person you’re used to rigorous prioritization.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 9, 2012
It's been just about two years since Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits released their self-published book The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development (you can see my original review here ). Their goal is to share stories of Lean Startup applied in many industries and domains outside of tech startups.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2011
Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. It helps with sales cycles because customers know that they can switch away if they so choose. 15 minutes.
ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
I will work with him on his inventory financing strategy. With enterprise customers, this would result in tremendous exit barriers, making sales cycles long and involved, which a small startup will find hard to withstand. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.
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