SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 17, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 -- Competitive Intelligence: 007 Market Intel. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to estimate market size, competitive market share, how many potential customers are there, and price points. Several case studies will be presented, although the names will be changed to protect the innocent.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 4, 2016
It starts seemingly innocent enough. It’s hard enough building a valuable product or service in competitive global markets without spending time on unproductive tasks. I try to steer entrepreneurs away from over-introducers and I often find myself wanting to be careful about them becoming an investor in companies I back.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 29, 2011
Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 11, 2020
Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 23, 2010
Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath.
TechCrunch LA
JUNE 3, 2022
billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. And of course, those startups are by no means innocent when it comes to bad management. “If Glossier’s commoditized feminism aside, it’s no easy task to launch a $1.8
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