Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. billion in total industry sales. If you have multiple products, your price may even affect sales. Today it is even larger.

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www.virtuosimedia.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Sign that person to an NDA if necessary. If your presentation is compelling and detailed enough, you might be able to get them to become a full partner. Inflexibility – If you are bringing me on as a partner, I become equally interested in seeing it succeed. You should have projection ranges of sales and adoption rates.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

So to me, a fractional CMO offer is somebody that comes in and understands the full scope of business, the full life cycle from marketing to sales into onboarding. So, you know, part of that is sales, right? So it becomes a much easier sales process for me. I only work with B2B clients as well into service delivery.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Before you discuss your idea with someone, whether they are a manufacturer, a supplier, or a potential business partner, make sure you know who you’re dealing with. That said, you should recognize that many investors and potential clients will hesitate if you ask them to sign an NDA. Be careful about who you share information with.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Security 113

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. A note about NDAs: 1) almost no experienced entrepreneurs/VCs will sign them (in fact, you asking them too is widely considered a sign of inexperience), 2) It’s not clear they have any real value – are you really going to spend years suing someone who signed an NDA?

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

I thought it was a great description and encourage every entrepreneur who has never been through the sale of a company to read it. It was a six month journey for me and my partner Dave Jilk which was at some points exciting, often stressful, and occasionally extremely confusing. Entrepreneurship feld technologies m&a sale'

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Outcome: last night a Biz Dev guy from Disney/ABC sent me an email asking about partnering with some of their online properties. The dude turned out to be a senior partner at a major international corporate law firm, and 6 weeks later he offered to take me on as a pro bono client. Reminder: we launched on just $4k. link] Giff Fun post.

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mashable.com

MAY 28, 2010

Mark Suster (GRP Partners VC) nails it in this (audio, summary blog post) clip I borrowed from a recent ThisWeekInVentureCapital (#twivc) episode. I'd be happy to sign an nda. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. Personally I feel the 'convey meaning but are made up words' approach are a marketing nightmare.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Acton: I can't prove the assertion, but it's a judgment that I've developed after years of doing this work and is seconded by my launch partners all of whom are experienced investors. Specifically it would benefit from a clause nullifying these drag-along rights in case of a proposed sale to a preferred-affiliated entity.

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David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

However, Abe Othman, Partner at Indicator Fund and Head of Data Science at AngelList, observes, “Those companies don’t have a “margin of safety” though, in the traditional Seth Klarman sense of the word. For example, the founders and common shareholders of FanDuel got nothing from their sale for $465m. .

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 7, 2019

Partner with industry experts to co-create content. But, of course, there’s a limitation to these collaborations: The targeted influencers have to be your clients—for long enough to have gotten great value from your product and liberated from a self-imposed NDA that keeps them from sharing their story. Video content.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

The short story is that he received 400+ responses and goes through how he categorized/vetted the responses: 300 Didn’t Fit – Outside expertise/interest, pushing for immediate funding assistance, too many ideas (not focused), looking for sales agents. important planning meetings or partner meetings).

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 22, 2015

In Boulder I ran around asking a number of CEOs and Foundry Partners for company management advice—how to run one-on-ones, structure executive meetings, manage my board, etc. You should probably sign an NDA. Foundry Group is a mutual investor of ours, and Jud and I met at an event in Boulder that they organized for portfolio CEOs.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. Do that – nothing else but one product / company / focus and get to $1M in sales with atleast $15% net profit. Should I require and NDA? I also like to get a sale $$$ ASAP. Do something together.

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venturebeat.com

MARCH 8, 2011

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