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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework. So they’ll have to look for other competitive advantages for distribution. Underbelly.

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Going Public Circa 2020; Door #3: The SPAC

abovethecrowd.com

But in light of where we are in 2020, especially with regard to the degrading efficiency and sky-rocketing cost of capital through the structurally broken IPO process, SPACs may emerge as a legitimate third option for helping Silicon Valley companies efficiently and cost-effectively transition into the public markets.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

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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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. That said, nothing is cost-free. More complex cost of capital calculation. Inversely, if the company has slower than predicted growth, the effective cost of capital is automatically lowered. Transaction costs. Cost of capital.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

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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Investors Do Not Fund Research And Development

Startup Professionals Musings

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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Research and Development are Investor Red Flags

Startup Professionals Musings

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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