Up and Running

AUGUST 26, 2020

In the wake of COVID-19, businesses have been affected across almost every vertical. Continue to provide product availability updates when possible so they are aware of what is in stock and what will be available in the near future.

Marketing 171

Marketing Audience eCommerce Social Media 171

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 3, 2020

With the stock price off since IPO and the need to “rollup” enterprise chat + video MSFT takes a swing at solving a huge b2b problem with a startup friendly platform. The 13 year bull run ends, and we go into a decline/recession scenario. 7/ Microsoft buys Slack. 8/ Deep Fakes become a huge problem for the 2020 elections.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Software Review Vertical IPO 79

Eric Friedman

JANUARY 1, 2023

Far fetched, but with a balance sheet that is gigantic and the Peloton stock around $38 ($12bln market cap) at the time of this writing, I could see this making a lot of sense. -1: I think this one was obvious, but with Facebook rebranding to Meta it was a necessary prediction 3/ Apple acquires Peloton. 1: Failed it. Didn’t happen.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet ChatGPT Technical Review Software Review 60

Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Far fetched, but with a balance sheet that is gigantic and the Peloton stock around $38 ($12bln market cap) at the time of this writing, I could see this making a lot of sense. -1: I think this one was obvious, but with Facebook rebranding to Meta it was a necessary prediction 3/ Apple acquires Peloton. 1: Failed it. Didn’t happen.

Balance Sheet 60

Balance Sheet ChatGPT Technical Review Software Review 60

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Other advisors provided marketing with industry-specific advice in our initial vertical markets (computational fluid dynamics, computational chemistry, finite element analysis, and petroleum engineering). Our company’s stock was an inducement, but all of them were in it to help us build a better computer.

Engineer 198

Engineer Silicon Valley Part-Time VPE Advisory Board 198

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Your firm worked with an investment banking firm that underwrote and offered stock (typically on the NASDAQ exchange) to the public.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 24, 2020

With a distribution center bed racking being an essential speculation for organizations with an enormous stock, there is exceptional challenge among stockroom arrangements suppliers to convey bed racking frameworks that augment both space and coordinations proficiency cost-viably. Accessible tallness/floor space. Availability.

Framework 147

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 8, 2019

This focus has helped me recruit the best and the brightest in the field, build a world-class operation, and most of all, with all the knowledge in a specific vertical, help build a leading agency for food & beverage manufacturers that are looking to build a direct to consumer channel. Thanks to Lisa Tadewaldt, Urban Forest Pro ! #11-

Entrepreneur 120

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2013

If the brand is very strong and they want to lend that credibility to another company there may be consideration of a very small purchase of stock which would allow for the statement of being Partially owned by the higher quality or more visible brand. Certain deals may have an advantage in relation to who owns what entity.

Technical Review 164

Technical Review Securities and Exchange Commission Non-disclosure Agreement Due Diligence 164

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. US VC versus stocks. A VC fund that is at 2x after ten years doesn’t feel great if the stock market has been in a massive bull market, but it might feel great if the economy overall has stalled or suffered a significant crash.

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2021

But how do people apply remote sensing opportunities to various processes across different verticals? Statistics and distribution of forests by age, stock, height, weight and biological productivity. Satellite imagery is now available and affordable via numerous software and can be easily accessed online. Study of the forest species.

Harvest 156

Harvest Forecast Vertical Stock 156

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. US VC versus stocks. A VC fund that is at 2x after ten years doesn’t feel great if the stock market has been in a massive bull market, but it might feel great if the economy overall has stalled or suffered a significant crash.

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

Chegg, which lost over 40% of its stock value after the CEO remarked that the company’s tutoring product is being challenged by ChatGPT, has been working hard to incorporate generative AI features into their own product with GPT-4 in the form of CheggMate , but so far with little results.

Generative AI 165

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT API 165

Version One Ventures

APRIL 25, 2017

The same thing happens in the market: good companies can have a lower stock price due to public sentiment and market factors outside of their control. Not every start-up can play in a vertical that’s an investor darling. Sometimes there’s a disconnect between investor sentiment and the product’s value.

Customer 130

Customer Vertical Stock Portfolio 130

Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

The company was the laughing stock of the Mac market. They sold to a set of customers I knew nothing about. Yet somehow they thought that my prior experience in high-end computer graphics might be relevant. Why I was interested was equally obscure.

Silicon Valley 146

Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review RSS 146

Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Whether you’re stocking shelves, aligning rows, or moving items to a different location, it all depends on a functional warehouse environment. A smart way to use storage racks to your advantage is to make the most out of vertical space. There’s always room for improvement, even in the most productive warehouses.

Vertical 59

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The chart below illustrates this, with the black vertical line representing the average VC return. US VC versus stocks. A VC fund that is at 2x after ten years doesn’t feel great if the stock market has been in a massive bull market, but it might feel great if the economy overall has stalled or suffered a significant crash.

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 25, 2021

You can maximize your area by utilizing vertical space in addition to horizontal space. Stock your facility with the equipment necessary for productive operations. To improve your facility’s productivity and efficiency, check out our tips for the best material handling processes. Create an Effective Layout and Simplify.

Vertical 52

Vertical Stock Operations Demand 52

The Equity Kicker

MAY 23, 2014

and ‘scale ecommerce’ – that is selling third party brands and taking stock, and identifies four strategies for ecommerce ‘David’s’ who want to take on the ‘Goliath’: Proprietary pricing – e.g. flash sales companies like Zulily and One Kings Lane.

eCommerce 120

eCommerce Business Model Flash Curation 120

Reid Hoffman

MAY 23, 2022

Unlike much of its competition, Gopuff is a first-party vertically-integrated company. Under Gopuff’s approach, the efficiencies of vertical integration ripple outward, benefiting all participants in the Gopuff ecosystem. But it’s what happens behind the scenes that makes Gopuff so intriguing. Orders arrive quickly.

Vertical 68

Vertical Social Media Operations Stock 68

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

After all, you’ve likely given your employees stock options which make them part-time business owners as well. During his six years at AxleHire, Sokolovsky worked to push AxleHire into new verticals and sustainability partnerships. It’s also important to remind yourself that your employees are as invested in your success as you are.

Early Stage 111

Early Stage Los Angeles Silicon Valley Cofounder 111

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

VPs have a higher altitude, they are paid a ton more in salary, bonus and stock, because they carry the responsibility for making super strategic decisions – impacting tens of millions of dollars. Slice the matrix vertically along the time-to-useful dimension…. Oh, and don’t get me started on time!

Analytics 93

Analytics Framework Metrics Algorithm 93

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 22, 2013

Back in 2007 I noted that HMV was the most shorted stock on the London stock exchange and many similar businesses have also gone bust in recent years (Game in the US and Zavvi in the UK spring to mind). Ecommerce entrepreneurs in other verticals could look for analagous opportunities.

eCommerce 112

eCommerce Vertical Stock Distribution 112

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2017

By optimising your stock storage areas you can increase productivity and reduce the amount of time spent hunting down elusive objects or equipment. Display and Care of Stock in Storage. This can be very helpful if stock items are small and you keep slightly different items together. Labeling and Arranging Items in Stock.

Product 60

Product Stock Cloud Vertical 60

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

increasing dividends or issuing preferred stock). 3) Vertically Integrate - Apple could also vertically integrate in more radical ways. But at the end of the day vertically integrating wouldn’t really transform Apple’s business in the way #1 or #2 would.

Hungary 168

Hungary Dividend Vertical Preferred Stock 168

Haystack

JULY 8, 2018

After reflecting on it for a day, I began to understand why — even though this topic has been written about many times, “technology” as a sector and industry now has gone from vertical to horizontal, entirely pervasive across industries, across sectors, across geographies and cultures.

Early Stage 95

Early Stage Dilution Private Equity Common Stock 95

www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Read more » Recent Press The New York Times April 22, 2009 - A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets CNBC.com April 8, 2008 - Social Stock Picking Reuters April 6, 2009 - Bit.ly They might give them too much stock, and even have that stock not subject to vesting provisions. Solicit trusted advisors help with interviewing.

CTO Hire 40

CTO Hire Founder Cap Table Vesting 40

Haystack

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

3/ The Price Of Incumbency – It seems like at the end of every year I’ve been an investor, various blog posts will prognosticate on whether the following year will truly be the year when incumbents start getting nervous and spend their cash reserves and high-priced stock on a big splashy acquisition.

Acquisition 105

Acquisition Utah IPO Venture Capital 105

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Once you’re on this page, you will see a vertical navigation on the left side of your account. Storing your eBay stock. Depending on what you sell, some good items to stock up on, that will make storing goods easier, include: Plastic or steel shelves. Clear plastic boxes (if you’ve got a lot of stock) with clear labels.

Limited Liability Company 60

Limited Liability Company Stock LLC eCommerce 60

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This is useful for a number of reasons, the most obvious of which is to help you navigate the right channels in your vertical and open doors to potential customers. And founding teams with limited operational backgrounds in their vertical or domain will create doubt. (An As for compensation, stock options in the range of 0.1%

Advisory Board 48

Advisory Board Sweat Equity Marketing Vertical 48

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

And to top it all off, Snap isn’t offering voting rights to public market investors, which should discount the stock price further. The smartphone is for everyone, we don’t have to think the iPhone is about a certain demographic, or country or vertical market: it’s for everyone. How can one justify a $20B valuation for Snap?

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the conversation began to get down to how much stock and salary we could offer van Dam, we left the barber to finish his work and went to a payphone to call our CEO to confirm the deal. We were painting a picture of hypertext on every desktop computer. The response from across the country?

North Carolina 125

North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 125

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Without a specific worktable or shelving for incoming boxes, it is easy for them to be mixed into stock before getting priced, tracked or labeled for a specific customer. Go Vertical – Add freestanding shelving that can be moved if your needs or location changes. Set up a designated spot for incoming goods.

Management 100

Management Matching Vertical Stock 100

Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

One key difference: unlike HP, which had restricted stock ownership to the founders and top management, Perry made sure everyone at ESL had stock. HP had an ethical culture, entrepreneurial spirit, and deep Stanford engineering department connections. There were no venture investors. The “customers’” contracts funded the company.

Silicon Valley 171

Silicon Valley Stealth RSS California 171

Ben's Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Conversely, you might come up with an entirely different strategy if your objective is to get the stock price up long enough to get your money out. As a result, Schultz may be more focused on making hard decisions in the short-term, even if those decisions cause a temporary decrease in the stock price.

Stock 78

Stock Vertical Leadership Founder 78

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even. But… it’s not as simple as tacking on a loyalty program & expecting customers to start “living” at your store. image source.

Retention 115

Retention Customer Developer Programming 115

ConversionXL

JUNE 5, 2014

For industries with thin profit margins, offering an incentive like 2% off isn’t very enticing, and in many verticals, and in some cases might require a significant lift in sales in order to break even. But… it’s not as simple as tacking on a loyalty program & expecting customers to start “living” at your store. image source.

Retention 112

Retention Developer Customer Programming 112