Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) If I were looking at which VCs to choose I would reference strongly for which ones are supportive in good times and bad.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Evermos handles inventory, logistics and customer support. This includes advice on curating inventory, how to use Evermos’ platform to make orders and use its promotional programs and product copywriting. Indonesian social commerce app KitaBeli gets $10M led by Go Ventures.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And one of my biggest advice to those folks is, look, presumably, we all have the technical and functional skill set for this job. And then I also think with references, founders are typically showing up with their 5 to 7 reference questions. Let’s go ahead and figure out who’s gonna be able to do the job with you.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Would you recommend this strategy to founders? This strategy worked for two reasons: 1) By the end of the contract, the contractors had poured weeks of energy into the work – learning the code base and investing their time – and getting to know potential coworkers. It was an all-encompassing process.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2014

This was customer interaction at its finest and as a result they invited him to meet with our entire sales staff and offer advice on the sales process from a customer’s perspective. Who else is going to tell a VC if he got a bad reference from an entrepreneur or fellow VC? Contrast that with a VC conversation I had.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2022

Community building and connection is essential for early-stage founders to find the support they need to stay the difficult course, so you’ll have to be there in-person to participate. And if you miss anything, you’ll still get all of the session presentations to reference after the event ends.

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Campaign Monitor

APRIL 27, 2022

People trust brands that fulfill the trifecta of strong products, a good customer experience, and support of social issues that align with their own. Make a strategy and set a schedule. You can build off your existing email marketing strategy, and use practices you already know are successful.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In an effort to open-source Supademo ’s own Product Hunt launch strategy, here is a clear breakdown of what we did to prepare for and execute our launch. Once you’ve reached out, pitch them on why they should support your launch! They’ll likely be the most vocal and willing to support you. Step 3: Create a “Coming Soon” page ?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

And why my advice to newer VCs would be not to feel bad if you’re missing out on what is perceived as a few hot deals. You can’t reference check your way into a “yes.” You face choices like, “Do I put in money to the benefit of other un-supportive investors?” Price matters.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

Only Work on Projects That Support Your Core Product Effort. rollout support. Everything needs to be part of a holistic company strategy. If PS involves too much management or core tech time then chances are it will overtake your software strategy and you’ve then just become a prostitute for short-term revenue.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Squires had earlier expressed frustration at Fortune 500 companies using his open source code for free without offering financial support or sponsoring their upkeep. “On the one hand, they want to support maintainers’ right to freedom of expression and the ability to use their platform to support the causes they believe in.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). we would support 6.0

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). we would support 6.0

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Onevest

MAY 21, 2015

While legal advice is of paramount importance to ensure that any contract of investment is above board, you still need to know what is being asked of you so that you can decide whether such stipulations are acceptable or not. If they decline, then they are free to sell their shares to the highest bidder.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. This is directed at part time people who are building a blog to support their real business. Tweet support - What I DID do in the early days is enlist Tweet support. Some search.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The business is pivoting its product strategy to grow beyond recorded meditations. Right now, the site has a number of references to “motherhood” and women. Currently, a lot of information or advice around pregnancy lives in books or in-person classes. Even if it was just for a few months. Image Credits: Expectful.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

I wish the small business ecosystem had something equivalent to the angel investor networks that support technology startups. In an ecosystem, there should be multiple entrepreneurial support organizations, coworking spaces, incubators/accelerators, investors, etc.communicating about the resources they have to support entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The most likely outcome if you manage to interest the senior exec (for the sake of this post let me call her the CEO) is that she will refer you down the organization to somebody who would be involved in the decision. Not to mention it would be nice to have the CEO on your marketing reference list! The benefits of this are clear: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Obviously I’m a proponent of still working closely with your investors to make sure that they feel bought into your decisions which will matter a lot if you ever need their support in the future. Selling tons of “shelfware” (customers who buy but don’t use your software) and thus having bad customer references.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

We had every reference client we worked with call their senior team members (we had already won a major project at Scottish Water, Anglian Water and another at a large water company in Paris, France). It’s when the people who are part of the decision making process who don’t support the decision seek ways to undermine you.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

In short, the government wants to give you financial support because they want small businesses to survive, employee headcounts to remain stable, and businesses ready to bounce back when the economy improves. Newer businesses can elect to use the first two calendar months of 2020 as their reference period. You can borrow 2.5x

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

If you want your senior leadership team to work as a team you have to pay a lot more attention to many different areas e.g. communication, listening, supporting, collaborating etc. My advice is that even the senior team should set its own distinctive purpose so that it can set its own performance goals to measure itself against.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We’ve been impressed by the alacrity, communication skills, and high level of competence of the customer success team, who have to support a lot of custom functionality we’ve built. It’s also helpful for identifying people with whom we can do reference checking. Second, high-quality customer service. Third, a modern backend.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

In each episode, they share their unique journeys and offer their strategies on how you can pivot, perform, and profit in any environment. Alisa Gumbs: In my conversation today I discuss with him the essential advice he shares with thousands of entrepreneurs a year. I have a family to support. I had been doing things right.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Over the last week, I've sat down with a handful of entreprenuers and given the same advice--to construct the fantasy model. What Hunter Walk, our board member and investor, said was that it wasn't about getting it right, but it was to anchor the conversation about the results--and to give ourselves a frame of reference to think about it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Respondents said they invest around 50% inside Czechia and 50% across Central and Eastern Europe, while some are more focused across CEE generally, with some percentage of the fund supporting startups that have scaled to the U.S. The advice is to “be frugal to accommodate to the new situation and roll on.”. Travel and gastro.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) Remember that the Fed has an institutional reference point for implementing YCC. No network … no value.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

They wanted advice. I gave them advice I don’t think they were expecting from a VC, “Don’t raise venture capital for this business. It is advice I give entrepreneurs often as I have written here on why most businesses should never raise VC. This team is talented. And probably some money.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 29, 2024

This article is the final installment in our series, How Fintech Companies Can Simplify Their Funding Strategy. We also sought the advice of several software providers who work with fintech borrowers to get their best approaches to managing one or more debt facilities. Read part 1 on Choosing the Right Funding Structure here.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Now they’re moving to commercialize their XayNet technology by applying it within a user-facing search app — aiming for what CEO and co-founder, Dr Leif-Nissen Lundbæk bills as a “Zoom”-style business model, in reference to the ubiquitous videoconferencing tool which has both free and paid users.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

last August, delivers information and targeted support for women who are experiencing menopausal symptoms, supporting them to make lifestyle and behavior changes aimed at tackling whatever blend of physical and/or psychosocial issues they’re experiencing. Vira’s app — Stella — which launched in the U.K.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 28, 2020

Happy customers are usually more than happy to refer business to you. Once they know you are looking to solve problems for more people just like them, most people are happy to support your business growth. Some customers prefer to refer you quietly, others will be happy to give you names of people who might also appreciate your help.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

You may feel as I did in 1999 that the more smart people around the table the more intros you’ll have, the more sage advice you’ll receive and the more impressive you’ll seem to outsiders. And I always encourage entrepreneurs to do reference checking. I understand the appeal of having many VC firms on your cap table.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 21, 2024

It’s time to launch your trust-building sales campaign: Develop a referral strategy to leverage opportunities from existing customers. Deepen your networks of businesses who are happy to refer business to you. Those who come through this season in the best shape will have the support of deep networks and relationships.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 8, 2022

You can use multiple strategies. Investing in promising tech start-ups directly can appear “easy” given the vagaries of the available data and the long hold periods: everyone has a supportable opinion and it will take 5-10 years to know who was right! In general, this is by far the most crowded strategy. Lead rounds.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?&#. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

And by all means please forward this post to any friend you suspect could use some friendly support. Executive function refers to a number of mental processes that are required to regulate, control, and manage daily life tasks. I’m sure all the doctors are cringing much like I would if I read your fund-raising advice.

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