Both Sides of the Table
JULY 1, 2015
__. faux·men·tum. fōˈmen(t)əm,fəˈmen(t)əm/. noun. when a technology startup, its investors or the market believe in robust growth rates writ large. “the ecommerce company gained fauxmentum by raising artificially high amounts of venture capital and spent lavishly on customer acquisition despite long payback periods and questionable LTV” __.
This is going to be BIG.
JULY 2, 2015
I've got a great deal for you. It requires you to set up the operation from scratch in every city--and it probably only works in cities. There is a ton of regulatory risk. Right now the market is pretty much only high net worth individuals. Oh. You only invest in scalable businesses? Sorry, I didn't realize. I'll keep that in mind for next time. Congrats, you passed on Uber.
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For Entrepreneurs
JULY 2, 2015
For the fourth year in a row, I am working together with David Spitz and his team at Pacific Crest Securities, an investment banking firm (@dspitz and @PacCrestSec, respectively on Twitter) with a specific focus on SaaS, to survey SaaS companies in order to share benchmarking data and insights on the growth and operations of the […].
The Entrepreneurs Library
JUNE 30, 2015
A summary of things you should know about How On Earth according to DONNIE MACLURCAN. Introduction (0:51). I’m an Australian who moved to the west coast of the US a couple of years ago. I have a background that expands over a few different fields. I worked as an exercise physiologist for about 8 years, as a sports coach for about 15 years, and then I went on to get a PhD looking at the impacts of nano technology.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2015
Every year around the holidays journalists and bloggers around the world publish “top ten” lists or “annual buyer’s guides” or similar. And every year I think about doing the same. But it’s the holidays and I usually can’t be bothered. Plus, after reading everybody else’s list it feels pedestrian to publish mine.
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Berkonomics
JULY 2, 2015
Many people believe that bottom up budgeting leads to waste and misdirection. The advocates of top-down budgeting are strong in their belief that if you give each person or department no guidance, they will budget to their wants or specific needs, not to those that support a corporate goal. So, they argue: Give your people a top-down generated target.
The Entrepreneurs Library
JULY 1, 2015
A summary of things you should know about The Responsible Business according to CAROL SANFORD. Introduction (0:41). About two weeks ago a joined The University of Washington founding a center that is going to house the many many decades of my work under something called ‘The Responsible Business Center.’ I also work a lot with individuals now through seed communities, I’m an author of two award winning and Best Selling books, and as a result I do a lot of keynote speaking.
Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 29, 2015
This time last year, I analyzed the state of the startup acquisition market. Two key trends surfaced. First, the larger acquisitions were becoming larger. Second, that the total number of acquisitions in 2014 would achieve a 5 year high. As of mid-2015, the first trend continues while the second seems to have faltered. The median acquisition price for technology companies in Crunchbase’s data set is plotted above, bucketed by size.
WSJ - The Accelerators
JUNE 30, 2015
CHRISTINA BECHHOLD: Speech and debate was one of my first and favorite club activities in high school, encompassing interscholastic debate, Model United Nations and Model Congress. Debate requires one to speak in declaratives, poke holes in your opponents reasoning and exude confidence possibly bordering on condescension. You are right and everyone else is wrong.
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WSJ - The Accelerators
JUNE 29, 2015
MATT MALONEY: Companies cannot survive, let alone thrive, without innovation. That is clear to most — if not all — leaders. Something that may be less obvious: the absolute necessity of not only welcoming innovation in your business space, but encouraging — and even helping to fuel — that innovation. GrubHub was founded because I wanted to make it easier for people to find and order great takeout food.
The Entrepreneurs Library
JULY 2, 2015
A summary of things you should know about Small Business Big Pressure according to Darryl Lyons. Introduction (0:48). I’m an entrepreneur, I co-founded a company called Pax Financial Group and I have been advising and leading individuals and small business owners with their money for 15 years now. Our company has become one of the best places to work in the community so I am really proud to lead a small business and write about it.
The Entrepreneurs Library
JUNE 29, 2015
A summary of things you should know about Roll Up Your Sleeves & Get To Work according to RICK KOLSTER. Introduction (0:34). I go by the name of Coach Rick. I am a certified business coach, speaker, author, and my passion is helping people become the best they can be. Early on in my life I was blessed with great mentors that taught be that reading was the way to get to where you wanted to be.
Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 28, 2015
Ultimately, the goal of most content marketing campaigns is email address capture. When a reader decides to receive content consistently via email, a content marketer knows they’re developing a deeper relationship with that person. Whether the marketers selling software or venture capital, retaining an email address is a victory. In the last 18 months, this blog has grown its email subscriber list from zero to roughly 8000 subscribers, and lost about 1000, meaning the current distribution
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