Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

 Tom Perkins, in telling the Tandem Computer story says "when the first product performed as expected, the company went to $100MM very quickly."  Will the product work? .  Will the product work?  Will the product work? .  Will the product work? Managing Company Growth.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

But a drought in Wisconsin affects your main supplier of cranberries, and suddenly you’re a saucier with no sauce. Here’s another cool feature: Property Insurance usually can also offer supply chain interruption coverage. Say you’re the world’s best cranberry sauce maker.

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VC Adventure

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

While Fearless Fund is a 501(c)3, it exists to make money for its investors if its management and investment decisions are smart. University of NC, et al. Women and people of color are the fastest-growing groups of entrepreneurs in America. And since the pandemic, people are starting companies at near-record rates.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

And now, the vendor has spent a lot of money communicating not just a product but a price. The price for the current product in the market is about $750. Posted at 05:09 PM in Managing Company Growth | Permalink. And now, the vendor has spent a lot of money communicating not just a product but a price. September 2011.

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The biggest difference between being a great functional manager and being a great general manager—and particularly a great CEO—is that as a general manager, you must hire and manage people who are far more competent at their jobs than you would be at their jobs. Does she know how to hire sales managers?

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ConversionXL

APRIL 14, 2021

For example, you wouldn’t want to send a demo video of your platform to a cold lead that doesn’t have a clue about who you are and what your product does. Here is how you do that: Set up your Tag Manager. Explore production options. The way you execute your prospecting strategy matters as much as the type of content you use.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 13, 2014

Wisconsin, 1984. For entrepreneurs, there are two kinds of uncertainties that need to be dealt with – uncertainty on making strategic decisions for the company and uncertainty on how to manage the team. Part 1: Managing Uncertainty in Strategic Decisions. You can find a better product/market fit. Edward Weber, Uni.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

John the cabinet maker has decided to expand to several cities within several hundred miles of his location, to develop several standard lines of custom products, and to seek growth at annual double digit rates.  She needs $4MM to get the product through the normal approval cycle.  Managing Company Growth.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 4, 2023

We provide creatively compliant solutions to people who provide products and services in these sectors, so we knew we would need a name that speaks to our cannabis and psychedelic fluency while at the same time normalizing what we do with a conventional-sounding name. Thanks to Loran Marmes, Wisconsin Medicare Supplement Plans ! #26-

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2012

 It was called RTMS and among other things, it provided CRM services that in one product became mailing labels for retail promotions.  If they mailed the catalogs at each individual city location from southern Illinois no northern Wisconsin, they'd get there in time. Managing Company Growth. September 2011.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

 The one that's obvious - what the product is, etc. -- is the least important.  The one that's obvious - what the product is, etc. -- is the least important. Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! September 2011. March 2011.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

.  That is, when we think a company primarily has "execution risk," do we mean that they're facing scientific and technical hurdles to achieve results, or do we mean that they are facing the risk of selling to their market, or of delivering a product to customers who've bought? Think "Porter's Five Forces." 

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Austin Startup

JUNE 24, 2017

The Kauffman Eship Summit This was also the first time I attended a Kauffman Foundation event and it was a high production value, thoughtful and well executed event. Our problems are about managing, focusing, and encouraging growth. The two cities are about the same size — around 2 million people in the metro area.

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

  Our product/service will save (audience) a lot of money.    In fact, we estimate $X per year based on current spending for this product/service.    Using our experience in (market) as an analog, we estimate that customers will stay with our product for 3.5   It's low risk for them.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 4, 2011

  Some of those characteristics include, of course, product issues.  I looked at a medical product recently and asked the obvious questions about competition, distribution strategy, pricing, and so forth.   Some of those characteristics include, of course, product issues. We wound up investing. 

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Tim Keane

MARCH 24, 2008

Now, Im a believer in having partners to round out offerings and make sure that all of the customers critical needs are met in the product. But I am appalled at the number of times one or another partner tries/insists on managing not only the customer relationship but all of the product specifications for the other partners involved.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 8, 2009

There's a comment here from an earlier note that asks " at what point does an innovative idea or product become worthy of an investment?" There's a comment here from an earlier note that asks " at what point does an innovative idea or product become worthy of an investment?" Managing Company Growth.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 2, 2007

And when they meet entrepreneurs that cant, it is often a sign that the management team needs strengthening - at a minimum. How much will the product sell for? (Is How much will the product cost to produce? And when they meet entrepreneurs that cant, it is often a sign that the management team needs strengthening - at a minimum.

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Tim Keane

JULY 6, 2007

Heres a great comment from Ryan that I just posted: "My fellow angel network managers say that they usually wont talk to inventors because the company anticipated is usually not ready for angel investment." Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

Now, as their revenue grows substantially, its time to make the shift toward a more quantitative management environment. To me, this means moving in the direction of managing more to factual data to help managers make key decisions. Posted at 03:18 AM in Managing Company Growth | Permalink.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

So for the test phase we will hand assemble first production products at $1,500 each, effectively eliminating contribution margin.  If this holds true for one month, we will hire and train a full time sales person who will be productive (or terminated) by month 3.  Why?  Why?

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Design & Production. Senior Management. Publishing Management. Production/Printing/Manufacturing. Production Software. • Vendors: List/Manage Your Company. -->. Design/Production. Executive Management. Product Launch. Browse Jobs. Search Jobs. Post a Job. -->. --> By Topic.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Just like every business thinks about their customers and what their customer wants, when you wanna sell your business, you are basically entering the same kind of world, but instead of your product or service, it's your business. They were in the forestry products industry. There was, uh, this time I was, had a business for sale.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

After the idea/product/service is built, and the market mapped, the company begins to grow. The sales oriented CEO needs to manage this process as intently as the customer facing sales process. Its amazing how fast this happens, especially in companies with short product development cycles in non-medical industries.

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Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2008

How much you will spend to make your product and whether this is a big investment or a vended activity; b. This is the central financial management skill in both startups and growing ventures. That customer may be the VC you hope to lead the next round, or the customer who will buy the product, depending upon the business model.).

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

I think we thought that the good product guys could get away with it because the detail of good customer service was unimportant with strong IP. In another company, the finance manger decided to cancel the software maintenance fee for the company management system since the company never called the help desk. Managing Company Growth.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

We had a very large customer who once said at a conference when asked "whether our product was worth its price" that he never paid us "a net nickel. Sometimes the leader caves to the sales manager hes hired. He designed his own cabinet layouts and helped developers with all kinds of products he didnt sell directly.

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Tim Keane

MAY 2, 2006

The company cannot get the pulse of the market into the product cycle and make the rapid, instinctive changes and improvements that come from customer contact if the customer contact is relegated to a “function” on the team. Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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Tim Keane

MAY 8, 2006

"My question is how you get over the capital hurdle when you have a product that straddles the fence between the need for Angel Investors and VC money and your friends and family cannot get you over the hump?" Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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Tim Keane

JUNE 22, 2006

It seems that entrepreneurs often test by committing relatively large amounts to rollouts of products or services based on planning and on expectations based on experience – but not often on testing. Managing Company Growth. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! March 2011.

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Tim Keane

JULY 20, 2007

It is more important to prove that a market exists and that a product works than it is to build infrastructure. It is more important to prove that a market exists and that a product works than it is to build infrastructure. Managing Company Growth. September 2011. March 2011. October 2010. September 2010. Categories. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

MAY 18, 2006

A lot of “why this is a great product” in place of this kind of thinking makes me nervous. The most probable outcome is that the product will need tailoring or even alterations. If your product is a new surgical appliance try not to get into a knowledge debate with the surgeon in the audience. Managing Company Growth.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 24, 2006

The product development cycle was excellent. However, the distribution channel we had planned to use lacked the sophistication ultimately required by the product design, and the manufacturers adoption cycle was insufficient. Technology doesn’t win; products win. We haven’t had a successful experience without good management.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 28, 2020

How would you show them minimal viable products if not in person? Minimal Viable Products. If you can get the product quickly, cheaply, and without using a lot of funding, you need to do that, because that’s going to get you a lot further along in terms of what you can learn from a customer development perspective.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 13, 2006

Growth involves, in many businesses, more customer service, product development, support, marketing and so forth – in addition to more R&D. Growth involves, in many businesses, more customer service, product development, support, marketing and so forth – in addition to more R&D. Managing Company Growth. September 2011.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 26, 2019

Alcohol production, distribution, and sales are all heavily shaped by laws. The current laws governing alcohol production, distribution, and sales evolved in the wake of the Prohibition era. So, look into the laws governing beer production, distribution, and retail in your state. Is there room to store product on site?

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Receive and manage newsletters. Mark Siegel, managing director at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, which has managed more than $4 billion since 1976, said its a matter of supply and demand. Why Register?

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