Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

   We worked all day building market strategies for customers while we tried to embody our expertise on software that would expand the company's reach.     We worked all day building market strategies for customers while we tried to embody our expertise on software that would expand the company's reach. 

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 19, 2006

« Calculating Market Share | Main. | When mapping a market, its important to study pricing strategy. The price for the current product in the market is about $750. We can be in the market at $750 and be great -- and have lots of room to move if there is any need. Thinking about pricing. Thinking about pricing.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Forward to the past: The (re) rise of direct marketing » October 08, 2008. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs | Main. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

It’s axiomatic that in a perfectly priced market, a specific level of investor risk in any business should price identically across all companies.  Example one: Sustainable net operating income with some growth in a stable market.  Example three: High growth in a stable market. This is also now an equity situation. 

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Tim Keane

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Bottom Up Market Sizing.   (Google: Bottom up market sizing).    For an example written by a VC, see A Startups Guide to Market Sizing from DocStoc.   A bottom up market model goes something like this. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Bottom Up Market Sizing : Comments.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Technology versus market risk in angel investments.  One of his points is that angels tend to lose money because they take on companies with high market risk and low technical risk. the really hard technical risk of failsafe computing in the 70s had been retired), the market took off. Think "Porter's Five Forces." 

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

I'm just reading a post  from Wisbusiness.com  by Joe Kremer of the Wisconsin Angel Network.  It is the way entrepreneurs and investors agree on what the market value of the risk being assumed actually is. Lower values, higher risks? Or a paradise for investors?   First, there's less money.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Market Math. If you only sell to half of the customers in your physical market, how many non-buyers have you called on?  If you are using a sales force making customer visits, how much behavior is driven by territory size and quotas as opposed to market coverage?  Market math is one important ingredient. 

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Up and Running

MARCH 5, 2015

To make sure some of that newly flowing cash comes into your restaurant, you’ll want to up your marketing game. To help you attract new customers, we’ve put together a list of 18 affordable marketing ideas that you can use to fill your bar and booths. To start, let’s talk about the marketing options that are in your backyard.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 11, 2013

The Myth of Private Markets: Symmetry and Expectations » January 11, 2013. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « Long term thinking -- for entrepreneurs | Main. | The Performance Appraisal.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Dos And Don’ts Of Selling Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with David Barnett In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview David Barnett. 18:54] What’s marketing look like for selling a business? [20:48] This is John Jantsch.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2012

« Technology versus market risk in angel investments | Main. |  Excellent marketing. If they mailed the catalogs at each individual city location from southern Illinois no northern Wisconsin, they'd get there in time.  Excellent marketing. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Google Ads.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 13, 2014

Wisconsin, 1984. your network. The following steps are inspired by Edward Weber, University of Wisconsin (published 1984): Step 1: identify variables. You can find a better product/market fit. We cling to something we believe is under our control to change or not change – our way of thinking and our way of doing. “It

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Market Math » September 30, 2010. I'm in Dublin this week and was at the Halo Business Angel Network meeting on Monday evening. I'm in Dublin this week and was at the Halo Business Angel Network meeting on Monday evening. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 23, 2014

For example, in 1994 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon from his garage in Washington, and Harley-Davidson started out of a home—and a shed—in Wisconsin. Networking is very important for home-based businesses not only to try to obtain leads for your business, but to help with moral support,” she says. To do so will take some marketing skills.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 8, 2010

« Bottom Up Market Sizing | Main. | Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. A philosophy of valuations and term-sheets » March 08, 2010. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 3, 2007

We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! They have looked at a total market and backed into a financial projection that looks great at a small market share. They have looked at a total market and backed into a financial projection that looks great at a small market share. Markets are inherently unstable.

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Tim Keane

MARCH 4, 2011

« Market Math | Main. | Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. How should I finance my new venture? » March 04, 2011. Leaving a Trail. Google Ads.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

One of our major challenges in the natural body care arena is that there are a lot of large companies with very appealing websites and marketing material. Our largest learning curve was to find the correct marketing strategy for our product line. We have worked to gain a small market share in spas across the country.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Bottom Up Market Sizing » January 12, 2010. Good investors use the valuation discussions to gauge the business savvy of the management team and to understand their ability to appreciate and deal with economic market forces that set values. Startups and angels: Along the way to success. times at 5 years and 11.39 here of 7.65 [2].

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Tim Keane

MARCH 17, 2009

« How does your marketing react to the economic crisis? Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. Bootstrap your venture » March 17, 2009. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

JULY 6, 2007

Heres a great comment from Ryan that I just posted: "My fellow angel network managers say that they usually wont talk to inventors because the company anticipated is usually not ready for angel investment." The idea must be focused on the market. The idea must be focused on the market. » July 06, 2007.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 30, 2009

  You may need medical knowledge, engineering skill, marketing people. Learn the market.  If you intend to improve literacy around the world with a web application, do the markets most in need have broadband access?  Or are you targeting markets with access first? Learn the market.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 14, 2008

As one example, think about forecasting sales based on market potential and competition, rather than simply on historical results by salesperson. If we see that our total accounts are underpenetrated in one market, can we test how much it costs and how long it takes to acquire new ones? TrackBack URL for this entry: [link].

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Tim Keane

JULY 16, 2007

A New old Idea: Direct Marketing Revisited » July 16, 2007. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « When is the time? Resources for startups.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 21, 2011

presence of new competitors emerging over time, size of the served market, ability to expand, etc. presence of new competitors emerging over time, size of the served market, ability to expand, etc. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Resources for startups.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 2, 2007

We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « Thoughts for New Angels | Main. | » October 02, 2007. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

JULY 20, 2007

« A New old Idea: Direct Marketing Revisited | Main. | I was in Italy a couple of weeks ago at the request of the US State Department to discuss angel investing with IBAN, the Italian Business Angels Network. It is more important to prove that a market exists and that a product works than it is to build infrastructure.

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Tim Keane

MAY 2, 2006

The company cannot get the pulse of the market into the product cycle and make the rapid, instinctive changes and improvements that come from customer contact if the customer contact is relegated to a “function” on the team. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

After the idea/product/service is built, and the market mapped, the company begins to grow. And in businesses that are not on a "harvest path," this system, (combined with a constantly updated market map) should work well for a long time, potentially providing a lot of positive cash flow for the company and its owners.

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Tim Keane

MAY 1, 2006

Heres a succinct comment by marketing guru Seth Godin on funding companies. If the deal wont come out economically, it is the market telling you its not a great idea. Heres a succinct comment by marketing guru Seth Godin on funding companies. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

Sales & Marketing. --> Bloggers. --> Resources. Here, digital audience marketers chime in on the ones they’re using now, and why. Erin Hoskins, Senior Marketing Director, New Media, Meredit h. Erin Hoskins, Senior Marketing Director, New Media, Meredit h. Erin Hoskins, Senior Marketing Director, New Media, Meredit h.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 11, 2006

Calculating Market Share » October 11, 2006. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « Increasing the Probability of Success | Main. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

« We Only Need 1% of The Total Market! These are robust, growing markets. These are robust, growing markets. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Startups and angels: Along the way to success. God is in the details." Mies van der Rohe. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 7, 2006

To do that, its necessary to test the advice against the market and make sure that it is consistently accurate. To do that, its necessary to test the advice against the market and make sure that it is consistently accurate. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

They understand their customers and the market the customers live in. They understand their customers and the market the customers live in. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! " Distribution is everything. In the successful ones the leaders sell.

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 21, 2006

Do we as investors owe an entrepreneur not only our courtesy and respect but also our active participation in the mutual discovery process about assumptions, markets, and so forth? Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here! Resources for startups. Google Ads.

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