Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Choose a large market in a growth industry. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment.

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Startup Study Journal Sample 170

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2021

There really is no excuse these days, with samples on the Internet, business-plan books in every bookstore, and dozens of apps to automate the process. A great business plan doesn’t have to be a book in length, with extensive financial statements.

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Sample Writing Mentor Content 137

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Pricing engine helps publishers ascertain ad inventory pricing by analyzing ad transaction data from the market/exchanges. Data reports include following sample fields: real-time suggested price for specific unit of ad inventory, ad server data, order insertion data, behavioral targeting data, conversion data, etc. Hello, Chair.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2012

Michael Dubin: My background is digital marketing, and a little bit of editorial. After that, I went to a digital marketing for a firm which provided marketing for Sports Illustrated and other big brand advertisers like Gatorade and Nike, driving video views of social video. That's the one we'll mass product.

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Dollar Shave Club Startup Pricing Sample 210

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

Lead with your best marketing pitch and conviction. Of course, it’s always good to speak with conviction, but marketing terms such as “improved productivity” or “lower cost” won’t make your offering memorable. Describe technology and features, not competitiveness. Too much technology and too many features can scare off both.

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Sample Summary Startup Slides 127

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates.

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Slides Competition Sample Sales 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2012

I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note.

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Sample Writing Summary Startup 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

Modern investors love to first read a two-page summary of your business plan, formatted like a glossy marketing collateral sheet, with text well laid out in columns and sidebars, and a couple of relevant graphics. Take a look at my website for the Sample Executive Summary , which shows what can be done in one page (both sides).

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Summary Writing Competition Sample 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates.

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Slides Competition Sample Sales 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates.

Slides 93

Slides Competition Sample Sales 93

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. A sample agreement is available for free download from my website.

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Startup Patents IP Social Media 145

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2013

I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note.

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Sample Writing Startup Summary 92

Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. Indiegogo is a platform for ground breaking technology and where you can find interesting products that haven’t hit the mainstream market. BlackTech Week (Miami, FL).

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Startup Technical Review Competition Software Review 137

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2010

I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note.

Startup 91

Startup Funding Sample Writing 91

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Modern investors love to first read a two-page summary of your business plan, formatted like a glossy marketing collateral sheet, with text well laid out in columns and sidebars, and a couple of relevant graphics. Take a look at my website for the Sample Executive Summary , which shows what can be done in one page (both sides).

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Summary Writing Competition Sample 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2012

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. You won’t succeed with a product that is too expensive for the market. He better be so pleased that he is willing to provide a testimonial for your real marketing campaign.

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Entrepreneur Pricing Custom Customer 99

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

As a product or service you can often trade short exclusivity periods for the retailer’s willingness to spend marketing dollars promoting your product or give you better merchandising in the physical or virtual store. It is on this last point where Amazon is best positioned to dominate markets. So Why Does This Matter?

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2013

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. You won’t succeed with a product that is too expensive for the market. He better be so pleased that he is willing to provide a testimonial for your real marketing campaign.

Product 94

Product Pricing Custom Customer 94

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 15, 2011

In other words, once they are convinced that the product works, they assume their price, sales channel, and marketing will bring in the customers. You won’t succeed with a product that is too expensive for the market. He better be so pleased that he is willing to provide a testimonial for your real marketing campaign.

Startup 93

Startup Pricing Custom Customer 93

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Many years ago, I enjoyed one of Guy Kawasaki’s first books, “ Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition.” Here is a sampling of ten themes from the book that I think are just as relevant today as they were then: The reality of starting. The reality of marketing.

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Entrepreneur Sample Guide Ideas 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2015

There really is no excuse these days, with samples on the Internet, business-plan books in every bookstore, and dozens of apps to automate the process. A great business plan doesn’t have to be a book in length, with extensive financial statements.

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Startup Writing Mentor Sample 109

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2023

There really is no excuse these days, with samples on the Internet, business-plan books in every bookstore, and dozens of apps to automate the process. A great business plan doesn’t have to be a book in length, with extensive financial statements.

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Startup Writing Mentor Sample 102

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2009

Semiconductor startups seem to be quite rare in today's environment, with few companies being funded or launched, due both to the difficulty of bringing products to market, lack of investment capital, as well as lots of established, large companies in the industry. In terms of markets, we address the Zigbee, Bluetooth, and 2.4

Patents 100

Patents Sample Technical Review Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2023

A few years ago, I enjoyed one of Guy Kawasaki’s first books, “ Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition.” Here is a sampling of ten themes from the book that I think are just as relevant today as they were then: The reality of starting. The reality of marketing.

Entrepreneur 99

Entrepreneur Startup Sample Guide 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2013

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Choose a large market in a growth industry. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment.

Startup 102

Startup Study Journal Sample 102

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2015

Computers and the Internet have now brought in a new era that relies on data to make profitable business decisions in the competitive environment. Below is a full explanation of how small businesses can leverage technology to earn a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Cloud Services. Images via Shutterstock.

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Competition Technology Social Media Tips 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2010

You get almost 80 percent, the you decide what you want to do--do you enter this market on your own, give it to a partner to take to market? What is happening is in the server market, there's an expanding number of cores, processors, processor packages, bus bandwidth is up, and memory bandwidth is up. Why do you need that?

Networking 124

Networking Startup Design Customer 124

InfoChachkie

APRIL 3, 2012

Sample Personal Questions. Did you play any team or individual sports competitively? Someone simply searching for a job will be unenthusiastic about an offer with a below-market salary. For instance, you might ask them to research a potential new market, analyze a competitor or assess a new distribution channel.

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Entrepreneur Startup Equity Journal 219

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2011

Many years ago, I enjoyed one of Guy Kawasaki’s first books, “ Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition.” Here is a sampling of ten themes from the book that I think are just as relevant today as they were then: The reality of starting. The reality of marketing.

Startup 97

Startup Sample Entrepreneur Guide 97

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2012

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Choose a large market in a growth industry. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment.

Startup 99

Startup Study Journal Sample 99

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2019

It’s no secret that the rate of failure of new business startups may be a high as ninety percent , so we all need all the help we can get, validating the opportunity, clearly positioning against competitors, projecting financials, and planning all the necessary marketing and operating activities.

Ideas 126

Ideas Slides Sample Examples 126

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

We understood the irony of the message as we sampled their sheer, almost-not-there lipgloss, then looked into a mirror decorated with white vinyl letters in the bustling pop-up shop: you look good , our reflection told us. billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. And who cares?

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Startup Netflix Los Angeles Innocal 280

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2010

Back when he was writing to entrepreneurs, he published the book “ Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition.” Here is a sampling of ten themes from the book that I think are particularly relevant today: The reality of starting. The reality of marketing.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Sample 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary.

Funding 106

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Sample 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2020

Here are ten sample questions that I believe will reveal positive indications of your potential as an entrepreneur, and also indicate that you will select good ideas: You see creating a business as a fun challenge. To build a startup, you have to enjoy the broad range of challenges, from technical to marketing to sales to personnel.

Startup 127

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Sample 127

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Every investor has his own list, usually based on his own very small sample, or simply his gut feeling. Choose a large market in a growth industry. A large market means at least $500 million in potential sales if the company is asset-light, and $1 billion if it requires plenty of property, plants and equipment.

Startup 92

Startup Study Journal Sample 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary.

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Funding Equity Entrepreneur Invest 101