Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Instead of lean innovation programs, there is a mandate to cut $2 billion in expenses by the end of next year, lift profits and raise the dividend. Or they may even put the entire company up for sale. Often the short-term cuts directly affect employee salaries, jobs, and long-term investment in R&D. So what happened?

Institutional Investors 269

Institutional Investors Dividend Stock Technical Review 269

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

All the learning from parenting pays big dividends here. On the other hand, there are some roles in a startup where Boomers are probably not the best candidates: Constantly-on-the-road sales territory management roles. Marketing and sales to Gen-Y customers. Software and hardware development architects and designers.

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Entrepreneur Advisory Board Dividend Angel Investor 266

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

Hiring = Sales. A good recruitment process has many parallels with a sales funnel. As with sales, these core reasons need to be compelling to candidates, while being as unique to you (competitive differentiation) as possible. Employees can also be a valuable source of referrals. cutting edge technology (WebRTC), 2.

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Cofounder Elevator Pitch Hiring Dividend 164

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

But not anal if one founder who shares equity graciously with early employees who are treated as “co-founders” My idea startup team is heaving on tech personnel but also has strong product management. Your first sales people should be consultative sellers who can fuel evangelical sales.

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Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 388

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

But eventually, all successful businesses will have to start taking on employees, and that’s when the fun really begins. Their responses ranged from practical tips on hiring to what to look for in a first employee. See Also: Is It Time to Hire an Employee? Or at least, that’s the assumption. Favor potential over experience.

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Hiring Employee Technical Review Dividend 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad. The press took notice, especially since just a few months later startups were laying off employees en-masse to cut costs. Team, product, market.

Founder 187

Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 187

ConversionXL

MARCH 10, 2021

Reduce the Time Spent Onboarding New Employees. Onboarding goes beyond hiring new employees. It’s also about improving employees’ experiences and putting them in position to do their best work. When the employee record is created or updated in ADP or Workday it is then synced to AD to create or update the user’s mapping groups.

CTO Hire 138

CTO Hire Cloud Software Review Employee 138

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Sales intelligence platform Cognism cut their lead generation efforts by 90% in 2021. In this article, you’ll learn how to build a demand generation funnel that fuels the pipeline, shortens the sale cycle, and generates revenue. But when executed right, it pays dividends. Like SEO, demand generation is a long game.

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Demand B2B Distribution Channel 124

YoungUpstarts

JULY 17, 2020

Are you paying money for SaaS services that are no longer relevant or can be taken on by employees? Support Your Employees. Maintaining employee morale is crucial at a time like this, especially when budgets and responsibilities are being reallocated and you may have to make significant staff cuts or changes.

Startup 287

Startup Wisconsin Stock Options Dividend 287

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. The last thing you want the CEO (or heads of sales, marketing, product) doing is sinking 3 days every month into preparing board packs. And it turns out that employee reviews matter.

Operations 150

Operations Metrics Early Stage Non-Compete 150

NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Assess employee productivity and processes. You may find you can maximise efficiency by better matching employees’ skills to different areas of the business or increase productivity by allowing team members to have more flexibility in their role. NZ Sales Manager. Australian Sales Leader. NZ Entrepreneur.

New Zealand 40

New Zealand Software Review Dividend Analytics 40

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

There will be less employees and more solopreneurs. With their affordability, you can invest in several and gain more return by earning customer trust before a sale occurs. Thanks to Ben Reynolds, Sure Dividend ! #3- The future of entrepreneurship for the vast majority is like ‘freelancing'. Photo Credit: Ben Reynolds.

Entrepreneur 127

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Media Bootstrapping 127

Berkonomics

JANUARY 6, 2022

First, the marginal exit event: Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event for the early investors, including the entrepreneur or the founders. Most sophisticated investors will take either a promissory note or preferred stock, both of which come before founder or management stock in a sale or liquidation.

Dividend 62

Dividend IRR Preferred Stock Participating Preferred 62

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Buyer journeys have become so convoluted that the linear sales funnel mapping the path from awareness to consideration to purchase is no longer sufficient to give you realistic insights into the buying process. Qualitative research can also be gathered during sales calls. The dark funnel is everything happening below the surface.

B2B 103

B2B Social Media Channel Audience 103

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. With 115,000 employees Apple can barely get annual updates out for their laptops and desktop computers.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. With 115,000 employees Apple can barely get annual updates out for their laptops and desktop computers.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. It also assumes the entire value of the investment is captured for investors at a sale of the company in the time specified in the term-sheet.   First , dividends. Let’s start at the end.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2012

It’s doubtful that information such as sales volume will be readily available so in this case, you’ll want to rely on your ability to roughly estimate how big or small they are based on pieces of information you’ve picked up during your time in the industry. On the other hand, number of employees may be a little easier to find.

Offshore 89

Offshore Social Media B2C United States 89

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

PR pays dividends in Biz Dev. The reply was, “So many of our employees fly every week to projects and by seeing us advertised every time they fly they feel more proud working for our organization.” but didn’t convert to sales. Business is going well. There is no attribution on that inbound phone call.

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PR Early Stage Dividend Acquisition 415

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2018

You can’t use working capital loans to buy equipment or assets, but it does work really well for months with slow cash flow, especially if your business is seasonal, allowing you to pay them back when your sales improve. They may be entitled to dividends or regular payments out of your profits as well as a large payout if you ever sell.

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Finance Equity Vesting Dividend 157

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Accumulating the resources necessary to hire an in-house data and analytics team pays regular dividends as your firm keeps growing. The cascading effect of this will fuel growth through increased sales. The ability of WMS to assist employees to work absent from the office is a boost to productivity.

Dividend 176

Dividend Analytics Forecast Algorithm 176

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

Early in a services business there is usually no profits as the company reinvests in hiring people to grow, but by $20 million in sales the company should at least be pulling in 10% profits (if not more) depending on how much is reinvested. No VC is interested in dividends – they want growth. It’s pure irony.

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Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

As a quick review, most startups begin life as corporations with a single class of equity securities, referred to as Common Stock , issued to founders, employees, and outside service providers. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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IPO Equity Common Stock Stock 159

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

Carl was also worldwide head of stores at Home Depot when Hurricane Katrina hit, running sales out of the backs of trucks and accepting IOUs for payment. 7:01) The importance of both customer and employee experience, brand building, and pivoting to anticipate the new normal that's coming. (9:33) It's member-owned.

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Technical Review Balance Sheet Texas Austin 148

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

If you spend time in making the business plan properly, it can bring you long term dividends in the future ahead. It can serve as the perfect company profile overview and explain the objectives to employees, partners, investors and vendors. Outlines the sales information. Highlights the key management players.

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Business Plan Dividend Angel Investor Finance 138

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2017

When you adopt proven hiring strategies, you can finally retain a steady flow of talent to fill open job positions and replace underperforming employees quickly. If it’s for a sales role, the candidate joins you on a sales call. Investing just a few minutes each day in referral recon pays off in dividends.

Hiring 149

Hiring Dividend Employee Networking 149

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When I’m consulting with clients looking to invigorate and grow their businesses, one question I often ask is: “Who’s your most valuable employee?” They might wax poetic about their rockstar sales person or their dedicated assistant, but they’re missing an obvious point. You’re both an employee and a shareholder.

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Dividend Employee Revenue Hiring 113

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2020

Imagine that replicated as a real-world experience–a potential customer walks into your shop and asks the sales assistant if you sell XYZ, and the member of staff just says “nope” and walks off. It’s a big commitment that can take up to three years before you reap dividends. So, a reorganization isn’t for everyone.

Customer 74

Customer Conversion Dividend Software Review 74

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 16, 2011

It is a piece of actionable advice that if you put into practice starting next week will start paying dividends in the near future. Talented brand sales people? There’s a direct correlation to your future success. 5 / week = 250 / year. Imagine the human progress you could make with 250 short, relationship-focused meetings.

Dividend 410

Dividend Deal Flow Hiring Advertising 410

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 13, 2018

Every new employee you take on adds to your company’s liabilities: salary, benefits, office space, equipment. Sure, you’ll recover some of that burden through increased productivity and higher sales. That’s not a knock on anyone you might hire, to be clear. It’s just a pragmatic reflection of reality. Farm Out Non-Core Services.

Balance Sheet 113

Balance Sheet Bootstrapping Dividend Entrepreneur 113

JANUARY 9, 2014

Too much talking, not enough listening Perhaps it’s because funding is so important to early-stage startups that they soon get good at perfecting their sales pitch. Richard Branson Whilst sales are the lifeline of any startup, the key is really understanding your customers’ problems before selling. We have two ears and one mouth.

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Early Stage Startup Cofounder Design 102

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

I guess I don’t think I appreciated how being mission-driven is really important, and if you look at how you’re able to grow, attract employees, attract customers, it all comes down to mission — in our case, to build a better internet. We thought that if we had built the best product, everything else would come easy.

Founder 120

Founder Las Vegas Entrepreneur Cofounder 120

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 1, 2017

A little personal energy might pay you a dividend, and peons can easily become peers or superiors in the future. Nobody wants to buy even a car from someone who is obviously dragging through a sales pitch. You also win employees with energy. You win customers with energy. That’s not a bad model to follow.

Georgia 48

Georgia Dividend Atlanta Texas 48

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 7, 2011

She has since built up a client base and worked hard to establish an online brand that has paid dividends. In this new column Nacie is going to reveal what she has learned and how she established herself transitioning from employee to online entrepreneur. But there has also been euphoria, happiness, fulfillment, and satisfaction.

Salary 93

Salary Software Review Dividend Affiliate 93

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 23, 2021

For example, if you have a construction business for sale, a company that specializes in buying that type of business would have a much better idea of its value than a company or individual that was more general. The best thing to do to make the most of this idea is to find a buyer who specializes in your kind of business.

Dividend 52

Dividend Stock Employee Sales 52

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” It’s a new year – 2016. A Sense of Purpose. Conviction.

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Leadership Southern California San Diego Hiring 150

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event for the early investors, including the entrepreneur or the founders. Most sophisticated investors will take either a promissory note or preferred stock, both of which come before founder or management stock in a sale or liquidation.

Dividend 48

Dividend Preferred Stock IRR Participating Preferred 48