Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

By September 18th we were ready to bring them to a full partner meeting and as a group we were bought into the vision and the experience of this exact team to pull things off. And to watch my partner Steven really develop a great thesis around where gaming and transmedia are heading into the future.

Technical Review 373

Technical Review North America Los Angeles Cofounder 373

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

It is also a function of the stage of much of our careers where we aren’t interested in playing small ball with incrementalism on how to squeeze out an extra 5% of margin by optimizing the Internet slightly better. Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte.

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence CTO Hire 418

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Since NewTV won’t be making the content, they will be licensing from and partnering with traditional entertainment producers. NewTV will depend on partners like telcos to distribute the content. Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment? Will these third parties produce something people will watch?

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

It takes more than one person to build a business, so the lone entrepreneur, without support from any visible team, advisors, partners, or potential customers, will not attract investors. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet. Surrounded by the right people and track record.

Intellectual Property 316

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 316

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2023

Venture studios create startups by incubating their own ideas or ideas from their partners. An industry agnostic studio , such as Rocket Internet , is a standalone venture studio that generates its own ideas and IP and is industry and market agnostic. Unlike an accelerator, a venture studio does not fund existing startups.

Technical Cofounder 368

Technical Cofounder Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 368

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. 50x more Internet users (2.4 We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). Where are we today? Online connections that are 180x faster (10.5

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Get support from credible industry groups and partners. Products that can be easily produced and sold via multiple channels, including the Internet, are more easily scaled world-wide. Don’t forget to market yourself before, during, and after your initial idea, through social media, websites, and events.

Merger 386

Merger Software Review Acquisition Social Media 386

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Outside partners and channel impacts are complex. Of course, you need work with partners and channel to quantity their costs and contributions and normalize total results. With the internet at our fingertips, even B2B customers research and compare solutions, completing 50-90% of the work before a sales rep is contacted.

Acquisition 250

Acquisition Cost Customer Sales Cycle 250

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

These have helped them build trust and confidence among team members, and effectively sell their message to partners, investors, vendors and customers. In any business domain, there is no substitute for skills acquired by personal experience to supplement any academic training and the Internet.

Leadership 317

Leadership Founder Startup Networking 317

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2020

These have helped them build trust and confidence among team members, and effectively sell their message to partners, investors, vendors and customers. In any business domain, there is no substitute for skills acquired by personal experience to supplement any academic training and the Internet.

Entrepreneur 314

Entrepreneur Leadership Networking Partner 314

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment via the Internet of Things (IoT) and analytical software with a suite of products called the “ Predix Cloud ”. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 And now Immelt is now the ex-CEO, and Trian Partners just a got a seat on the GE board.

Institutional Investors 271

Institutional Investors Dividend Stock Technical Review 271

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

In the entrepreneur world, your perception is equally critical, except the “managers” in this world are your investors, customers, vendors, business partners, and team members. Use the idea to kick-start your relationships with co-founders, investors, customers and business partners. Your personal life is now public.

Startup 331

Startup Technical Review Social Network Reputation 331

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

Major leading-edge (also called bleeding-edge) products or technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) or the Internet of Things (IoT), involve new concepts, time for acceptance, and focus on understanding value. This may require you selling exclusivity, doing channel development, or alliances with new partners.

Product 354

Product Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Dividend 354

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

It takes more than one person to build a business, so the lone entrepreneur, without support from any visible team, advisors, partners, or potential customers, will not attract investors. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet. Surrounded by the right people and track record.

Intellectual Property 278

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 278

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider.

Valuation 466

Valuation San Francisco Ratchet Liquidation Preference 466

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

In that environment, you need to look broadly and work effectively on all the available sources of capital, including friends and family, angel investors, and strategic partners. Personal branding is how we market ourselves to others, and is very important in this Internet age. Intelligence and insight: book and street smarts.

Silicon Valley 325

Silicon Valley Angel Investor Technical Review Boston 325

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Investors and partners now look only for a framework of your business essentials, within the context of your opportunity, solution, and financials. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

Intellectual Property 261

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Groups Social Media 261

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

With the power of the Internet, and the impact of the recent pandemic , the world of business services, such as accounting and marketing, have gone more and more remote. We all have goals and expectations, and a backstory that may be inspirational, memorable, and important to potential partners.

Technical Review 303

Technical Review Social Media Metrics Media 303

YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2020

The opportunity here is in improving communication channels through the plethora of tools that technology and the internet offer. This will help you fill gaps within your operations that have been created either by losing employees or outsourced partners. By then, you’ll have a formidable internet presence and a strong following.

Small Business 227

Small Business SBA Small Business Administration SEO 227

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

Everything we were taught pre-Internet is still relevant. But relying upon SEO / SEM too much and not building a product and brand that is valued in its own right leaves you reliant upon that channel partner to not change the rules of marketing through their channel. Link has a summary of his argument plus a great video). Underbelly.

SEM 379

SEM Viral Marketing Widget 379

Steve Blank

APRIL 5, 2017

Create awareness for fundraising (VC, angels, corporate partners). Is could be print (newspapers/magazine), Internet (website, podcasts, etc.), This plan should include the category of media; print, internet, broadcast and then identify specific sites, blogs, magazine, etc. Read the post about mission and intent here.).

Marketing 318

Marketing Audience Technical Review PR 318

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

What every entrepreneur needs more than anything else, after they have built an innovative new product or service, is visibility, credibility, and trust by customers, potential employees, and future business partners. Potential team members and partners who excel are attracted to leaders and influencers.

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Advertising Lead Generation Networking 49

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

As we are spending more of our resources online, we believe that a “new Internet” is being created – with the consumer at its centre – on top of a strong tech infrastructure: 5g/6g, cloud, edge computing, new powerful GPUs, spatial computing, decentralisation etc. . The “new internet” aka “Metaverse” .

Technical Review 178

Technical Review South Korea Due Diligence IP 178

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed.

Private Equity 330

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 330

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

As the old joke goes, “on the Internet nobody knows you’re a dog.” In short I ended up having to deal with what is affectionally called on the Internet – trolls. And I accept that anonymity is inevitable on the Internet. I read a post about somebody whose partner was just diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Technical Review 329

Technical Review Reputation Naming Internet 329

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Although it looks challenging to embrace, it is worth every effort invested in it, especially when you acquire the right knowledge and suitable partners. Such are the right partners that your business needs. According to the Internet Crime Report filed in 2018 , most businesses lost billions of money from data breaches.

Software Review 172

Software Review Security Technical Review Reputation 172

View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

It’s by far the longest time I’ve spent working on any one thing, and I feel very blessed to have been able to work with my partners, colleagues, founders, and collaborators. My partners will tell you that I am an incredibly impatient person. You want someone who will challenge you and be an intellectual sparring partner.

IRR 205

IRR Dilution Founder Portfolio 205

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

If you’ve ever used a similar application, (or if you’ve ever used the Internet at all) you’ve probably seen this approach before. To get to what’s right for you, you need a tech partner with a deep understanding of your business needs, software development experience, data engineering skills and AI expertise.

Generative AI 297

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Houston America 297

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Others have seized on the opportunity to restructure their business for the future, eliminate marginal processes, and find new growth partners. With free world-wide Internet access, outsourcing no longer requires the extensive travel, translation, and communication costs once associated with remote work.

Technical Review 239

Technical Review Revenue Social Media Cost 239

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

I should also say a huge thank you to my partner Greg Bettinelli, as Ring was amongst the first deals he ever funded and along with GOAT, thredUP and some of the other great deals he’s led for us?—?his He did all of these and more. his insights and track record are looking stellar.

Security 247

Security Los Angeles Silicon Valley Video 247

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

There are lots of resources available for the challenge of that activity, including the Internet and mentors like me. This is the point where you must manage to metrics, work on the culture of the organization, and look for partner-based growth. Just because you think it’s a great idea doesn’t mean there is a business opportunity.

Intellectual Property 235

Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Harvest Technical Review 235

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

by Karen Hayward, Chief Outsiders Managing Partner and CMO, and author of “ Stop Random Acts of Marketing: Deliberate & Practical Growth Strategies for Mid-Market CEOs “ Middle market companies are ambitious to grow, and they need the right marketing strategy that can guide the whole enterprise to new heights.

Developer 214

Developer San Francisco Technical Review Sales 214

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Jack Welch , one of the most successful executives in American history, set up a “reverse mentoring” process by pairing younger, more internet-adept employees with he and older members of senior management so that the former could teach the latter about new technology. Then don’t take your strengths for granted, or overreact to gaps.

Leadership 195

Leadership Partner Restful Demand 195

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Fast forward to 2021, six in 10 people around the world now use the internet, 332 million people came online for the first time in 2021, and 4.66 billion actively use the internet worldwide – 59.5% Sajan also holds patents in Internet Computing and Data Systems. ?Sajan’s of the global population. More than 5.22

Artificial Inteligence 167

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 167

VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

As investors in gaming, entertainment tech and consumer, this is a topic my partner Kevin Baxpehler and I have been actively researching and investing in at Remagine Ventures for the past few years. . We share the vision that a new Internet is being built, driven by the Metaverse, Web3 and the Creator Economy. What is the metaverse?

Technical Review 217

Technical Review Israel Non-Compete IP 217

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Staying connected with partners, teams, and clients is one of them. In simple terms, the video quality doesn’t dip for participants with poor internet connectivity and low bandwidth. In short, you can achieve reasonable time management and stay on schedule. Proficonf : Staying Connected in Real-Time. Aubot : Cutting-Edge Surveillance.

Technical Review 200

Technical Review Startup Belgium Software Review 200

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2019

Customers expect you to provide access via their mobile devices, as well as being responsive to sales and support questions on social media and multiple Internet channels and partners at their whim. Even small businesses can now easily be global in scope, and available 24x7 online. Company amazingly finds you based on your interests.

Customer 211

Customer Social Media Metrics Technical Review 211