YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2015

Lecture 20: Closing Thoughts and Later-Stage Advice. The side benefit of this was that when engineers got tired of answering customer service calls on a particular tech issue, they would fix the tech issue. Lecture 8: Doing Things That Don’t Scale. How to Get Started. Walker Williams, Founder, Teespring. 2) How do you make money? (3)

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Delaware Startup Technical Review 100

View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2015

The checklist below is full of critical to-dos you simply can’t overlook, whether you’re setting a schedule for your board meeting, finding the necessary insurance plans, or communicating with your lawyer about your regulatory filings and how they align with your PR strategy. We hope this helps you stay on-task and efficient!

Seed Capital 120

Seed Capital Seed Stage Entrepreneur Venture Capital 120

OnlyOnce

MARCH 14, 2011

Second is the ability to capitalize on a well-known brand—the result of many years of marketing, PR, and thought leadership within the industry. We set some pretty tight deadlines on the later stages. • Customer involvement, early and often —The team involved customers in building our new product from the very beginning.

Software Review 67

Software Review Development Team Review Later Stage Technical Review 67

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. Don Lee at Buchalter Nemer was referred to me by Todd Gitlin and came on very high recommendations as an early-stage, true entrepreneur’s perfect lawyer because he understands how to work with startups.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

These skills are hard to develop, many founders actually decide to hire a CEO at a later stage. You need to define the business strategy, recruit people, build teams, motivate employees, set and measure goals, empower ownership, create partnerships, take care of financials etc.

Management 120

Management Cofounder Startup Bootstrapping 120

View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

Jesse Derris is the founder and CEO of Derris & Company , a PR, branding, and communications firm based in New York. They might believe that branding is a fluffy idea or a later-stage need, and right now, they need to move faster, launch, learn, grow, and survive. Is that the wrong mentality?

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Conversion Startup PR 120

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

Sometimes engagement at the later stages seems to go dry. If you’re ever been involved with enterprise marketing you know how important it is to have marketing collateral and to have email drip campaigns and to drive re-marketing campaigns to prospects who showed interest but didn’t convert and to run PR so that you stay top of mind.

Term Sheet 332

Term Sheet Due Diligence Campaign Sales 332

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

I would assume most businesses are going to claim they should get VC funding in order to help their PR, even if no one at the company actually believes it. Pepperdine Business Press Room – Graziadio School PR [.] [link] Matt Wrench “The businesses, it seems, vastly over-estimate their ability to raise funds. Think Again.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Some have done earlier-stage deals and done well. Others have chased earlier-stage but lack the skills or relationships to do this effectively. Some have moved into later stage investments in an effort to “put logos on their websites.&# These trends have put pressure on traditional VCs.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

No, but really, but we have like junior pr ex execs within the team, like with a handful of years of experience. They want a path to grow themselves. They want, obviously we want to earn, but people wanna be engaged, you know? Andrew Warden (22:47): Anybody. Like, I want to do, I wanna try this, you know? Well, are you sure?

SEO 87

SEO Audience Channel Campaign 87

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

So, the idea that it's a good or bad idea to follow on, or to play in certain stages versus others--honestly, it's a lot of marketing hype and anecdotal stories that really don't play out across the law of large numbers. Some of this thinking is also driven by folks who aren't well connected to the rest of the later stage venture community.

Later Stage 99

Later Stage Down Round Pre-Money Valuation Early Stage 99

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

No, but really, but we have like junior PR ex execs within the team, like with a handful of years of experience, like I want to do, I wanna try this, you know? They want a path to grow themselves. They want, obviously we want to earn, but people wanna be engaged, you know? Andrew Warden (22:20): Anybody. And I'm like, why is that a good idea?

SEO 85

SEO Channel Campaign Audience 85

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. So frequently embarrassing failures are masked by spinning PR or fudging numbers to give the illusion of success. Then, forget everything else, VCs included, and just build.

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2014

That''s why I''ll probably hang around the Canary board a little longer than I would otherwise--to learn from future later stage investors as the fast growing company, now around 20 people, grows over the next few years into a powerhouse. That doesn''t feel like the perspective you get from a lot of advice givers these days.

Startup 147

Startup Venture Capital IPO Viral 147