Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Investors are looking for commercial products to make money, rather than R&D sunk costs, so your investment hopes are sunk as well. A successful result is a one-of-a-kind technology that shows enough promise both technically and economically to warrant demonstration. It may entail a number of false starts, but no products.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The Attorney finally states that the information is not distributed to credit bureaus but provided to Financial Companies. A Compliance Trainer pinpoints that lenders will commonly become reliant on dealerships as they warrant customer information to credit applications. The information was inputted onto the credit application.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2011

Investors are looking for commercial products to make money, rather than R&D sunk costs, so your investment hopes are sunk as well. A successful result is a one-of-a-kind technology that shows enough promise both technically and economically to warrant demonstration. It may entail a number of false starts, but no products.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

In contrast to “distribution-first content,” movement-first content is a conscious sacrifice of reach: “it isn’t beholden to any SEO tactics like word count and keyword density.” Still, popularity comes at a cost: HubSpot owns only one of the top search results for “inbound marketing”; GrowthHackers ranks seventh for “growth hacking.”.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 10, 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. A successful result is a one-of-a-kind technology that shows enough promise both technically and economically to warrant demonstration. Prototype development. Diversification.

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Board Effect

AUGUST 29, 2022

For instance, technology eliminates the cost and burden of travel while enabling individuals who wouldn’t otherwise be available to serve on boards. As technology advances, tools initially used to distribute and store information become increasingly leveraged for communication and collaboration.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

The trend of funding anything from the first $25k to funding $50 million at a billion+ valuation is unlikely to last as the skills and style to be effective at all stages are diverse enough to warrant focus. When I built my first company starting in 1999 it cost $2.5 A 90% disruption in cost spawns innovation – believe me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2010

Investors are looking for commercial products to make money, rather than R&D sunk costs, so your investment hopes are sunk as well. A successful result is a one-of-a-kind technology that shows enough promise both technically and economically to warrant demonstration. It may entail a number of false starts, but no products.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 12, 2012

Rather, it's the distribution of your press release that generates big value. Importantly, press release distribution has changed dramatically over the past 10-20 years due to, you guessed it -- the internet, which has changed how news and other information is dispersed. What are the main press release distribution services?

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Revenue is driven by children’s parties, which cost $600-$4,000 for a two hour party for 15 kids, which apparently is the market price for kids parties in LA. This is a loan with a 15% warrant attached at a zero strike price. By all accounts, the Coop is quite successful. Astonishingly, the entrepreneurs took the deal.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 23, 2017

From the date of its issuance the clock starts, applying constant pressure that can suffocate a company with ever-accruing interest, fixed payment amounts, prepayment penalties, dilutive warrants, or even personal guarantees forced upon the founders (as if they didn’t already have enough skin in the game). Atlassian).

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

First, let me state that I do recommend the use of press releases when they are warranted. You’re better off working with an experienced freelance PR professional who can put out a press release, blog posts and get you local media coverage at a lower cost. – Grant Gordon , Solomon Consulting Group. Press Release Avalanches.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Theres a huge opportunity cost in not taking equity," he says. He prefers to work with companies that are building Web-based applications and have relatively low start-up costs. To be safe, GlobalLogic will put only its profit margin at risk: Customers have to pay enough of the fee to cover costs. Toshiba Laptops. Get ahead.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

If the CEO wants to completely change the product in order to serve a new customer segment, you need someone in the room who can digest the needs of the new (proposed) business, and lay out the costs of each possible approach. In my mind, theyre racking up costs (one month for that part, two months for that other part, uh oh).

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ConversionXL

JULY 7, 2020

Instead, think of Pinterest as a way to build an audience or an additional distribution channel for your content. Because they generate most of their revenue from ads with Mediavine , their main objective is article views; Pinterest helps distribute their content. Regardless of your industry, Pinterest warrants a thorough look.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

The only practical situation that I can think of where a dividend preference is beneficial to a stockholder is where a company does a partial sale of assets and wishes to distribute the proceeds to stockholders. Registration rights. As a practical matter, I don’t think that investors should really care about registration rights.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

From choosing a legal entity or jurisdiction to properly documenting IP assignments and stock issuances to complying with securities laws and avoiding potentially enormous tax penalties in the future, there is plenty here to warrant consulting a professional. Strategic partnership or distribution agreements.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2015

Yet despite being long-lasting and having a low cost per impression, not enough attention has been paid by marketers and businesses to the power of this sticky marketing tool. Here are nine reasons astute businesses shouldn’t ignore this powerful, low-cost marketing medium. Beyond The Bumper. The Power of Word-Of-Mouth.

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Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Developers for apps on the iPhone are spared much of the friction you mentioned (marketing challenges, securing wide distribution, fulfillment headaches, varied platform and runtime support issues). Take webdevelopment for instance; develop a nice product which warrants a monthly fee and get people to sign up. 18 Chandan on 11.20.08

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 20, 2022

By 1900, the Kodak Brownie could be had for $1, a roll of film with six exposures cost a dime, and photography had shifted from a narrow domain of skilled professionals to a much broader one of amateurs spontaneously documenting the world as they saw it. In fact, even licensing stock photos probably wouldn’t warrant the fees and effort.

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ConversionXL

JULY 12, 2017

Investing in user experience instead of further ad spend, promotion, or distribution. A better ecommerce user experience leads to… Reduced customer support cost. Reduced customer acquisition cost. It’s obviously an operational thing, and not just an on-page element, so it warrants some number crunching.

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ConversionXL

JULY 12, 2017

Investing in user experience instead of further ad spend, promotion, or distribution. A better ecommerce user experience leads to… Reduced customer support cost. Reduced customer acquisition cost. It’s obviously an operational thing, and not just an on-page element, so it warrants some number crunching.

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eCommerce Mobile Conversion Design 95

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

This single decision wound up costing the company significant revenue and over the course of several months sent its customer growth into decline. In the end, we managed to repair the damage, but only after losing a lot of time and at significant opportunity cost. We were totally unprepared for the magnitude of what happened.

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