Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Competition and sustainable advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Here are some tips which will signal traction and fundability to investors, as well as to your team: Document your business plan. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

equity debate. Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. As most, if not all, of the games on social networks use the freemium business model (i.e. There is no competition. It’s an interesting data point on Y-Combinator companies, but is this truly a macro trend?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. If network B has 20 users than it’s value is 400 (20*20). How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. But I don’t think so.

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