Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

As small companies, neither startup could afford to extend their product alone, but through creative leadership, we were able to negotiate a win-win strategic partnership for a joint product. Ability to up-sell customers with related products. Bundling and product integration to create new solutions.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Strategic investors not only provide capital, but also provide early customer opportunities and other resources to develop your product. Furthermore, graduates of well-known accelerators often have an easier time obtaining introductions to customers and investors. Attend regional conferences.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Extensive prep work on product, messaging, lead gen, demos, and scheduling specific meetings starts months ahead of an action-oriented conference. Buying a plane ticket and a badge and just showing up is not likely to be productive. I’m familiar with many deals where a looming strategic investor froze all other fundraising.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2020

Going all the way back to Yahoo or Microsoft, the initial products (a directory for a nascent tech called the World Wide Web, and Microsoft BASIC,) didn’t look like billion dollar products at all. a game, we are looking for a product that ends up becoming wildly popular, more popular than anyone thought it could be in the early days.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

I have these 3 ‘problem children’ that are having some difficulties (founder quit, product has no uptake, Facebook just copied them) but at least I have meaningful stakes. “We want some financial investors and some strategic investors so we have to split it up.&# Strategic investors are oxymorons.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Certainly, bootstrapping is a preferred method of funding growth if it does not hold back the speed of growth or hobble the quality of product or service to the extent that better-funded competitors can overtake the business. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

The book has been described by a few CEOs who read it and commented early for me along the lines of “The Lean Startup movement is great, but this book starts where most of those books end and takes you through the ‘so you have a product that works in-market – now what?’ questions”. Chapter 27: Have You Learned Your Lesson?…The

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 16, 2012

The associate can be very productive with the company after the meeting and likely has more capacity to help with followup than the typical busy partner. Some “strategic investors” have rules that they can’t sit on board seats. ” And by silent I mean it literally.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

I’m stoked that Appear Here , brainchild of Ross Bailey and one of our portfolio companies has raised £1m in funding from a range of strong investors. Howzat Partners led the round with participation from Playfair Capital and a small number of strategic investors from the property industry.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 12, 2003

However, the deals that they are doing need to be more strategic and less opportunistic. This means that someone in a product group needs to somehow get behind the company and act as an internal sponsor. This does not mean that a company looking for funding will get a strategic partnership before a financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Provides application performance management (APM) software solution that helps web sites manage distributed applications in high-volume production environments; features include: application mapping, transaction flow monitoring, code-level diagnostics, and cloud orchestration. I believe that “strategic&# money is an oxymoron.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Perhaps, when things settle down a bit more, those companies will even raise series A capital from traditional institutional sources to expand the product features, beef up the operations team more fully and make progress in finding initial product-market fit.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Perhaps, when things settle down a bit more, those companies will even raise series A capital from traditional institutional sources to expand the product features, beef up the operations team more fully and make progress in finding initial product-market fit.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 22, 2015

If you have been in business for a while and don’t have significant good news to tell, I would make a list of possible strategic investors, people or companies that would benefit from your product or service. They will be immune to the disinterest shown by financial investors.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

As an example of the company’s capabilities, this product is the highest performing low power embedded flash product available today, supporting up to 256 GB of NAND flash, and delivering an unprecedented 666 MB/sec data transfer rate. Ehud Weinstein; president Ariel Maislos; and Ofir Shalvi.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Israeli startup Siklu Wireless Communications has raised a series B round of $19 million led by new investors Amiti Ventures , Qualcomm Ventures and joined by all existing investors: DFJ- Tamir Fishman Ventures , Evergreen Venture Partners and Argonaut Private Equity.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Software Helps companies rapidly convert unstructured online data and content into structured data assets that can be used to create new products, revenue Streams, and enhance current online data sets.

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The Next Web

APRIL 6, 2013

Perhaps it’s the time to connect with a corporate or strategic investor who can open doors to new clients. Therefore, it is imperative to understand that when you least need funding investors will acknowledge how their capital can move the needle way up and help you accelerate faster. Show Them the Exit!

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2016

If you have board members you respect you owe it to yourself to run more productive sessions where board members contribute. Sometimes it’s because you have strategic investors. Trust me — if you get people to agree to this you’ll get way more productivity from the increase in concentration. Here’s the reality.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

A corporate investor can provide diversity on the Board as someone who thinks differently from independent VCs. Corporate venture funds are often referred to as ‘strategic’ investors because of the unique benefits they bring to the table. Some corporate funds lead rounds and take board seats, others don’t.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2011

Yosi Glick, Jinni’s CEO and Co-founder said: “Completing the Series B funding round allows us to focus on what we do best: Developing an innovative product that is designed to fundamentally improve the entertainment experience. Previous backer DFJ Tamir Fishman (led the previous $1.6 million round a year ago) also participated.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Certainly, bootstrapping is a preferred method of funding growth if it does not hold back the speed of growth or hobble the quality of product or service to the extent that better-funded competitors can overtake the business. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 106

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

How do you decide which products to dedicate time and attention? Intrinsically, our product consists of fresh, colorful, organic material that is perfectly suited to photography. I’ve been asked if our investors balked at the idea of a socially-responsible, triple-bottom line taco shop?

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2011

if you have a me-too product or offer a product/service that doesn't solve a real need or problem, you're going to have a really tough time achieving the success you desire. One of Harrison's companies received early funding from a strategic investor (a large corporation). Even if you're a great entrepreneur (e.g.,

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2016

How do you decide which products to dedicate time and attention? Intrinsically, our product consists of fresh, colorful, organic material that is perfectly suited to photography. I’ve been asked if our investors balked at the idea of a socially-responsible, triple-bottom line taco shop?

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

They will discuss the startup journey “from startup to scaleup in enterprise software”, lessons learned, the challenges of scaling and why the right strategic investors or partners can be beneficial even at early stages.

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BeyondVC

OCTOBER 11, 2007

Put yourself in these entrepreneurs’ shoes – you launch a great product or service today, usage is growing, revenue is nil or minimal, and cocktail party chatter and buzz are at its highest. As you do the right thing for your customers, you will do right for your investors, your employees, and ultimately yourself.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Certainly bootstrapping is a preferred method of funding growth if it does not hold back the speed of growth or hobble the quality of product or service to the extent that better-funded competitors can overtake the business. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

or look for major large chunks of money from partnerships or strategic investors? As a product company, very large injections of cash are always a nice add on to any business as long as they don’t disrupt your business strategy, kill margins or cause you to customize your offering too much. Big Revenues.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 10, 2004

” From a profit perspective, should we be getting excited about selling commodity products in markets characterized by heavy competition? From a strategic investor perspective this makes a ton of sense-more Intel chips in the home. I still, however, ask the question, “where is the money for the tech industry.”

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