Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

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. You may have already found several articles, web pages, or books about writing the perfect executive summary.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 14, 2021

And in all cases, simply sending in an executive summary of the business plan via email or filling in an application for funding on a website lowers the chance of success to near nil. I receive three hundred unsolicited executive summaries a year, and my investment group, Tech Coast Angeles, sees over one thousand.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 29, 2023

As a professional investor in early-stage companies, I have long discounted long, detailed business plans in favor of a concise “executive summary” followed by a believable spreadsheet-based financial forecast projecting three to five years into the future. It’s time to speak of some sort of business plan.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Email readers, continue here…] What if you were the investor and someone walked into your office handing you a business plan executive summary that floored you with its brilliance? What if you see a great idea but no team to execute?

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TechEmpower

MAY 28, 2020

In summary: Updated database platforms: MySQL to v8.0 , MongoDB to v4.2 , and Postgres to v12. You can read more about TPR at the GitHub wiki. Other Round 19 Updates. Once again, Nate Brady tracked interesting changes since the previous round at the GitHub repository for the project.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Most sophisticated investors ignore them, focusing their attention on an entrepreneur's pitch and presentation materials, financial forecast and executive summary. As such, the primary goal of your executive summary is to open the door to an in-person meeting. Entrepreneurs routinely seek my advice regarding their executive summaries.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

During signup, the professional is prompted to enter their profile into a form, with an upload box for a resume, fields for awards, skills and certifications, and then a textbox - 500 characters max - for their professional summary. Fill it with the right words, and your dream job could be right around the corner.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 19, 2014

And in all cases, simply sending in an executive summary of the business plan via email or filling in an application for funding on a website lowers the chance of success to near nil. I receive three hundred unsolicited executive summaries a year, and my investment group, Tech Coast Angeles, sees over one thousand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. Summarize all of the above in an executive summary. This summary if often extracted as marketing collateral, with text and graphics for pitch handouts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2023

Being very visible in the startup community, I still get an amazing number of badly written emails, rambling executive summaries, and business plans with one paragraph per chapter. In the competitive realm of business, you only get one chance to make a great first impression.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Summary: Amazon.com's own entry into the online movie contest business, Amazon Studios said it will award $2.7 Summary: Openfilm has its own warchest of film financing dollars as part of its online movie competition site, saying in April that it would invest $1M into independent filmmakers who are selected through the online community.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2013

video summary privlo splashio splash melon steam blankspaces' What is the Two Bit Circus STEAM Carnival all about, and what is its connection to science and engineering education? BLANKSPACES Downtown Los Angeles pitch. Pitch for BLANKSPACES Los Angeles downtown location. Image courtesy BigStock. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

My experience personally reviewing over three hundred executive summaries each year, all sent to me unsolicited, seems to bear out the truth in Tyson’s statement. Mike Tyson: brilliant business savant. Everybody’s got a plan – until they are punched in the face,” famously stated boxer Mike Tyson.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2023

Serious investors, on the other hand, look for a professional business plan or summary first, and hardly ever look at the product plan. It does need to include a high-level summary of the components in the product plan, with key additional sections as follows: Definition of customer problem, followed by your solution.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Among specific, chef-focused features is the ability to link to print, online, and television press, summary of their cuisine, awards, client reviews, photos, and videos. The site has already signed up endorsement from such chefs as Cedric Vongerichten and David Burke in New York, and Taji Marie and Fabio Viviani in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I was impressed with his summary of the top ten outsourcing mistakes made by entrepreneurs, followed by real guidance on how they can and should be avoided. In summary, an entrepreneur should never approach outsourcing as an inexpensive and easy method of offloading work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

I saw a good summary of these in the classic book, “ Ethical Leadership ,” by Andrew Leigh, an expert in this area. I like his specifics for business leaders on improving and sustaining the best company cultures, and his summary of the cultural myths facing new business leaders: It’s easy to be ethical.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Internally, you may need a video summary report of monthly value. In summary, I recommend that you use personal branding as a strategy to leverage your personality, personal preferences, and abilities in the most effective way to enhance your career opportunities and value to your employer and customers.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

It's a strategic choice that extends beyond a one-time development process and into anticipating future needs.

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Berkonomics

MAY 11, 2017

As a professional investor in early stage companies, I have long discounted long, detailed business plans in favor of a concise “executive summary” followed by a believable spreadsheet-based financial forecast projecting three to five years into the future. It’s time to speak of some sort of business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2021

Executive summary glossy. In a two-minute video clip, you can introduce yourself, show your passion and the engaging personality you need to win over customers, partners, and employees. Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

The summary judgement was made by Judge Dean D. Agoura Hills-based Internet access gateway maker Nomadix says that it has received a win in a federal court, saying that Blueprint RF has infringed upon one of the company's patents. Pregerson, U.S.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

We provide you with a report, written for a business audience, that includes: Executive Summary: We grade your architecture, source code, process, and teams, and provide a brief rationale for each grade. Detailed Findings: For each of the areas in the executive summary, we provide the details.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 7, 2018

The exception is an email with an attachment that appears long and involved, such as an executive summary of a business plan. Those get shuffled into a separate inbox for later review, without exception. Speed with efficiency?

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2013

According to Hulu, it has added such features as providing summaries of shows for unfamiliar shows, movies, or episodes; saving where you are in videos you are watching if you exit to another app; better navigation of episodes in a season; and more.

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2013

VIZIO said that it was granted summary judgement of invalidity on a patent held by Lochner Technologies LLC, a "non-practicing entity" (NPE). Irvine-based VIZIO , the manufacturer of HDTVs and other consumer electronics, said it has scored a win in another patent lawsuit today, saying that it has defeated a "patent troll".

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2013

The new feature, the Today Screen, offers up a quick summary of things like birthdays and job changes, top tasks and activities to do today, upcoming deals, reminders, and more. Nimble said the feature is the first in a set of features aimed at helping its users be more organized and productive.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2015

XYZ said it was granted a summary judgement in the lawsuit, which it claimed as an effort by Verisign to "litigate new competition out of business." XYZ also said that the lawsuit was a "coordinated anti-competitive scheme by Verisign to stunt competition and maintain its competitive advantage in the industry.".XYZ's

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 29, 2011

Awards TCVN News awards Ciaran Foley Dr Is In event fastpitch my wet rock new prize summary' Is In – a roundtable, colleague-drive self-examination of businesses. As in events past, attendees practically had to be kicked out at 10pm!

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

To find the “market capitalization” (enterprise value) of a public business, visit MSN Money or Yahoo Finance and look for “market capitalization” within the summary of financial information for a listed company.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Irvine-based electronics manufacturer VIZIO says it has won its tenth case against what it calls a "patent troll", after winning a summary judgement of invalidity and non-infringement on two patents held by Oplus Technologies, Ltd.

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socalTECH

MARCH 21, 2013

District Court for the Southern District of California granted it summary judgement, saying that its sequencing systems do not infringe U.S. San Diego-based life sciences equipment maker Illumina said Thursday that it has received a favorable outcome in its patent litigation against Life Technologies. Illumina said that a judge in the U.S.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

I cannot tell you how many times I have seen executive summaries of business plans in which the entrepreneur seeks $5,000,000 to build the business. Four reasons you should reconsider.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 11, 2018

In summary, it seems like Xiaomi and Ninebot are screwing someone over. Sources close to Bird says that the Lime and Spin contracts should be invalid, given the contracts that the Santa Monica, Calif. had signed initially signed (and then revised) with its large Chinese suppliers. At this point, that someone looks like Bird.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2020

Serious investors, on the other hand, look for a professional business plan or summary first, and hardly ever look at the product plan. It does need to include a high-level summary of the components in the product plan, with key additional sections as follows: Definition of customer problem, followed by your solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2020

Being very visible in the startup community, I still get an amazing number of badly written emails, rambling executive summaries, and business plans with one paragraph per chapter. In the competitive realm of business, you only get one chance to make a great first impression.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

For investors, an executive summary of your plan is appropriate. It should be imbedded in the home page of your web site, the introduction section of your business plan, the heart of your executive summary, and the first slide of your investor pitch. Assume your words are the only necessary take-away.

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