Competition Equity Outsource 
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 22, 2023
The first thing to remember is that banks only do loans – they generally don’t do equity investments like angels and venture capitalists (and vice versa). You have to get past how great the product is to address clearly what your business rationale is, why it is different from the competition's, and why it will succeed.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 3, 2013
We also spoke about technology systems in the perspective of global competition. But “on capital employed” encourages companies to push more off balance sheet and thus into offshore & outsourced situations. ” Money is not debt or equity but a “license to use their capital.”
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InfoChachkie
JUNE 4, 2012
Evaluate their sincerity by asking them to accept equity in exchange for all or a portion of their overall compensation. Thus, you have negotiating leverage as long as a legitimate, competitive threat exists. Grant Exclusivity.
InfoChachkie
MAY 16, 2011
Ask them to accept equity in exchange for all or a portion of their overall compensation. In Beware The Consultant , I describe how you can structure such equity-based relationships. Even benevolent BDCs lose interest in your solution once this competitive risk is eliminated. Evaluate their sincerity by issuing the Blondin Test.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 27, 2020
The first thing to remember is that banks only do loans – they don’t do equity investments like angels and venture capitalists (and vice versa). You have to get past how great the product is to address clearly what your business rationale is, why it is different from the competition's, and why it will succeed. Money from other sources.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 16, 2020
That’s why all those so-called million dollar ideas I hear about as an investor don’t get me excited, and entrepreneurs find that working twenty hours a day often generates nothing more than sweat, instead of the desired sweat equity. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry. Increasing customer focus and loyalty.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition. Beyond the core team of two or three startup partners, every startup should seek to “outsource” the rest of their strategic requirements to external business partners. Passion for what they do.
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