Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. It is Blockbuster video in the dawn of Netflix. Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

In his premier film appearance in the blaxploitation send-up “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” Chris Rock inadvertently addresses a key pricing challenge faced by most entrepreneurs. Watch this 93-second clip and see if you can identify the pricing pitfall addressed in this humorous snippet. Price = Value. How Much For A Rib?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2017

Based on my experience advising new businesses, all of the principles that he outlines, including the following subset which I generalize here, should be taken to heart by every entrepreneur: Give customers fewer things that matter more. Revenue and competitive position followed. Your customers’ biggest need is not for more things.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2022

Based on my experience advising new businesses, all of the principles that he outlines, including the following subset which I generalize here, should be taken to heart by every entrepreneur: Give customers fewer things that matter more. Revenue and competitive position followed. Your customers’ biggest need is not for more things.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2019

Much has been written recently about the requirement to focus today on the total customer experience, as a competitive edge or even for survival. The challenge I hear from savvy business owners and entrepreneurs operating on a shoestring is that providing a superior customer experience costs money.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Founder, Founder, Founder At Upfront we talk regularly about how 70% of our investment decision in Seed and A rounds is the quality of the entrepreneur and 30% is the quality of the idea. Jamie Siminoff is not only one of the single best true entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, he’s amongst the best we’ve worked with in the country.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. The goal of any cartel is to control production, distribution & marketing of a set of goods with the goal of maintaining high prices. Older shows might allow a single season.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Pricing models, the freemium myth and why you may not be charging enough for your product - Seth Levine's VC Adventure , August 12, 2010 I’ve been pulled into a number of product and pricing meetings recently (for reasons unknown I’ve become the Foundry pricing and productization guy). clearly didn’t cause this.” How it happens.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2019

Based on my experience advising new businesses, all of the principles that he outlines, including the following subset which I generalize here, should be taken to heart by every entrepreneur: Give customers fewer things that matter more. Revenue and competitive position followed. Your customers’ biggest need is not for more things.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

This market structure in which the few, large players use their market position to eliminate competition is inevitable. Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others. It’s Hobbesian economics 101. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat.

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