YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Make sure your contract protects you from potential liability, non-payment after delivery of work product and other unintended consequences. The client should warrant to you that the materials it provides for the web site are owned by the client or that the client has permission from the owner to use such materials.

Web Development 174

Web Development Web Intellectual Property Developer 174

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

But on the other hand if you have a product with a very high gross margin (software, virtual goods, etc.) I believe in integrated products. I think many recent companies make the mistake of not investing enough in web products, if they invest anything at all. I love using Yelp’s mobile product. I also love Batch.

Mobile 334

Mobile Web Software Review San Francisco 334

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

For example, L’Oreal’s Makeup Genius app, which lets users try on products in real-time, both offers users a useful tool for cosmetics shopping and cultivates brand loyalty. Even if your business isn’t perfectly suited for a mobile app, a branded app can easily become a focal point for nurturing customer relationships.

Mobile 100

Mobile Software Review Social Media Technical Review 100

The Startup Magazine

MAY 31, 2019

Here are a few tips on how to find the perfect film production crew for your project. If you live in Houston, then there are tons of film production companies in Houston you can choose from. You should only consider taking your production to another state if the project warrants it and you’re getting significant incentives.

Houston 93

Houston Product Warrant Video 93

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less).

Burn Rate 383

Burn Rate Balance Sheet .Net Valuation 383

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Paul Graham’s assertion that “any startup founder can tell you the most common question they hear from investors is not about the founders or the product, but “who else is investing?&# When I’m in, I’m in. rings true to me. Investors who commit early deserve to have a lower price.

Finance 286

Finance Term Sheet Technical Review Warrant 286

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2016

You will build out features or expend to platforms — often before you have enough market feedback to warrant it. It is a truism that with more capital you will hire people more quickly and spend more liberally whether it’s on external contractors, PR firms, attending events, doing legal work (trademarks, patents) or whatever.

Pre-Money Valuation 292

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Early Stage Startup 292

Feld Thoughts

JULY 12, 2018

Over the past 25 years, I’ve invested in many startups that sell products to large enterprises. It was notable that several of the “leading” companies in the report introduced their products over a decade ago, well before the category being addressed in the report was even invented. The analyst didn’t behave like a customer.

Technical Review 73

Technical Review Warrant PR Portfolio 73

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Not only can you brag about your product or service, but you can also make yourself accessible to that perspective customer by sharing your views and proving that you actually understand the business you’re in. A great way to tell others about your brand and about what you have to offer is to start blogging. Standing out.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Startup Warrant Early Stage 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2015

I point this out because in a world where it sometimes feels productive to be busy, people seldom find extreme focus to get stuff out of the bottom end of the funnel. My weakness is that I have things that slip through the crack that warrant my attention, my strength is that I can get laser focused on the things that matter most to me.

LP 150

LP Warrant Portfolio Framework 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. The starting point of product IS marketing, which is what a lot of young entrepreneurs that never studied business don’t realize. But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group.

SEM 379

SEM Viral Marketing Widget 379

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

In many instances, you raise an institutional round to either fulfill a product strategy or go-to-market strategy or you’re increasing sales and marketing hires, so you have better visibility into what needs to happen in the next six, 12, 18 months. Reason being, there’s more of a defined strategy for the company. NVV: Is there any dilution?

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

YoungUpstarts

JULY 20, 2018

Not all changes warrant a new business name. Have you recently switched to a new product or service? Katie Lundin is on the customer support team at crowdspring , one of the world’s leading marketplaces for crowdsourced logo design, web design, graphic design, product design, and company naming services. Others are not.

Naming 104

Naming Warrant Differentiation Small Business 104

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. I respect Rob a lot and the fact that he is willing to take feedback when warranted gives his great credibility. Rob is driven to learn. And improve.

Advisory Board 365

Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The product is authorized to foreign trade dealers who offer the product to their customers. The product involves both a server and a client component as well. The product runs on most Windows renditions. It is intended to deal with client bids to perform exchange cycles, show, and execute warrants.

Warrant 229

Warrant Framework Mobile Programming 229

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

Also, 73 percent of Americans are willing to cease purchasing products from companies that do not support the environment. They state that the Lego company found that they were far more popular among consumers when they began using plant-based sources for their products, rather than plastics.

California 80

California Green Sacramento San Francisco 80

Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2018

If the money isn’t there or the workload doesn’t warrant bringing in new employees, you should reconsider scaling. . This is a significant indicator because it means your leads are, at a base-level, interested in the products or services your business sells.

Software Review 94

Software Review Warrant Demand Employee 94

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2018

If you’re selling 10,000 more units than you expected, the cost of purchasing the products will be increased as well. Instead of feeling pleased you’re under budget, you should be looking at why – is it that you’re not getting enough products in, and thus have understocking issues?

Technical Review 100

Technical Review .Net Warrant Cost 100

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

.&# I took it to mean, “making decisions with small amounts of money (pennies) that end up making bad sense for affecting larger amounts of money (pounds, as in Great British Pounds).&# I thought of it as people who cut corners on small costs but paid dearly in terms of lost productivity on expensive staff. I Love Scrappy.

Warrant 333

Warrant Germany France Cost 333

Up and Running

JUNE 15, 2017

Picture a supermarket with thousands of products. It’s been said time and time again that a consumer will dedicate a maximum of around four seconds of consideration to any product on the shelf and will make between 70 and 80 percent of their purchasing decisions while inside the store. Are they good enough to warrant it?

Design 107

Design Product Greece Portfolio 107

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In the investment world, if we are unable to come to terms over the valuation of a company, we sometimes add penny warrants to sweeten the deal, allowing the investors to own a larger stake in the company at any time merely by exercising the warrants. Ask for extended terms well beyond sixty or ninety days.

Naming 62

Naming Warrant Private Equity Valuation 62

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. And we’re lucky because they deliver many of the great products, services and content that we consume in our lives every day. Great companies are comprised of great individual point people or functional leaders. Why should I be?

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2010

It meant that the management teams hadn’t figured out a product / market fit for their own businesses. If you’re in the minority that succeed it’s possible that even when you sell you’ve raised too much money and taken too much dilution and your exit price isn’t high enough to warrant a big return for yourself.

Merger 276

Merger Technical Review Early Stage Dilution 276

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Much of the writing on startups focuses on two elements: finding product-market fit scaling the company once #1 is accomplished For product-market fit, we have a lot of source material to work with from the last decade: Steve Blank’s leadership on Customer Development , and Eric Ries’ on the Lean Startup ? How do we make payroll?

Warrant 48

Warrant Bootstrapping Framework Hiring 48

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Frankly, they don’t have enough skin in the game to warrant the time & energy. Time to start thinking about how to make it more productive. If it takes you a while to get going don’t be surprised if you don’t get the attention you want despite their best intentions. Not enough wisdom.

Advisory Board 306

Advisory Board Startup Equity Valuation 306

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The word sales refers to a numerical total of the products sold, while revenue is the total amount of money that was taken in because of the sales. Flooding the market with your advertising isn’t the most effective way to make this option productive. Alter Your Product. The term income deals with the profit from the sales.

Revenue 145

Revenue Sales Warrant Differentiation 145

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

A lender will usually engage an impartial valuer to determine the amount of loan that may be warranted. They’ll want to know everything about your finances as well as your property goals so that they can negotiate a loan product that perfectly matches your needs. And that’s exactly where valuers come in handy.

Partner 136

Partner Warrant Finance Matching 136

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Cap or warrants? So to be clear I think in the overwhelming majority of cases these are diligence calls to feel out the opportunity in which price discussions exchange hands more as a by-product of the call than the intention of the call. How much is soft-circled (committed)? At what valuation? Convertible or equity?

Entrepreneur 292

Entrepreneur Technical Review Stealth Valuation 292

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. They usually ask for warrants (basically like a stock option) in exchange for taking a deferred fee. Like anything in life, if you want a fair deal on the deferred fee and warrant percentage you need to talk to a few lawyers to make it competitive.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

ConversionXL

APRIL 27, 2017

But First… How Sites Usually Deal with Out of Stock Product Pages. The product is out of stock, but you don’t realize it until you’re ready to buy and check the fine print. Being redirected to a similar product without explanation. Imagine if it were a product you actually wanted. User Experience (UX).

Stock 90

Stock Product eCommerce SEO 90

Up and Running

JANUARY 7, 2020

One of the biggest challenges we overcame at Skylift was getting product-market fit to prove to investors we had a viable business. . You’ll notice I don’t have to tell you about our product for you to understand the impact it has on the world. Instead, what you read is how to communicate product-market fit. Learning Lesson.

Product 82

Product Marketing Silicon Valley Term Sheet 82

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 2, 2018

And , 35% of small businesses without a website feel their operation is too small to warrant a website. 35% of small businesses without a website feel their operation is too small to warrant a website. ” Also, remember to differentiate your products through smart packaging design. Customers will beg to differ.

Small Business 73

Small Business Software Review Social Media Marketing 73

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

Some were warranted – others weren’t. And if they were acquired by Apple that would be quite an accomplishment – especially for a product that will continue to live. I’ll try to publish some video from the event when we get a chance to edit some of it. It is not your mom’s old LA.

Los Angeles 318

Los Angeles Silicon Valley LP Warrant 318

Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As evidenced by Apple, sticking to an already successful business model has proven highly successful over time; their products may have undergone minor refinements over the years but their core concept remained the same – after all, why tinker with something that works so well? Customer feedback should never be ignored.

Warrant 52

Warrant Business Model Global Customer 52

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Entrepreneurs forget that investors are looking for commercial products to make money, rather than R&D sunk costs, so investment hopes are sunk as well. Real products are only speculation at this stage, and mentioning a large list of them won’t help get outside investors. It may entail a number of false starts, but no products.

Developer 243

Developer Warrant Angel Investor Early Stage 243

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

If I’m interested I get to spend more time with them, if I’m not I don’t have to – A few companies per month come in that have fascinating business ideas that warrant my spending more time trying to understand their people, company, technology and market. I work hard, don’t get me wrong.

Technical Review 312

Technical Review Due Diligence Spain Warrant 312

OnlyOnce

JULY 28, 2011

As a chameleon has the same body but shows it differently as situations warrant, you can have a consistent management philosophy but show it differently when you are with different direct reports or teams.

Management 79

Management Warrant Business Model Employee 79