Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

An example was that while we were in the seed round at Ring and followed in the A, B, C and D … we were also able to lean into the E round when Jamie really wanted to scale up his funding and the final check was still > 420% IRR! Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—?particularly Over the past 2.5

IP 223

IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Lean Methodology Sources. Steve Blank on Lean Customer Development. Part 3- Lean Cust. IP Location Tools. Steve Blank’s Lean Startup Resources. Lean Startup Circle â?? customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value. Lean project management. Codeacademy. Steve Blank. SW Courses.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Sales and marketing collaborate until a deal is closed and beyond to secure long-term customer retention. Each salesperson elevated their top 10 accounts to receive highly customized one-to-one account-based marketing programs. This is used for landing new accounts that may eventually be used in Strategic ABM or ABM Lite programs.

Customer 98

Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Another assumption is that you’ve actually conducted due diligence on your own business, and these are the areas of your team, financials, your competition, your IP, market trends, because the best pitches I’ve ever delivered were when investors were raising their hands and asking me questions about, “How is your IP protected?”

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

But it will definitely raise questions during the phone screen, for reasons that are best explained by simile: Programming with.NET is like cooking in a McDonalds kitchen. My example: I have mainly programmed _by choice_ in Python, Ruby, Scala, Haskell, C# and currently I’m doing Java. It’s so blinded, it’s shocking.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

How to stay lean and iterate quickly while you’re building a two sided marketplace, especially when “network effect” and “critical mass” are the two main focuses? Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly.

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44