Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

When you raise money from investors you produce information that you are told they want and care about: A fund-raising deck that articulates your company strategy, plans, team, market, competitors and so forth. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2023

Contributed by Chris Kirksey, an EO member in Austin who is the founder and CEO of Direction , an SEO software and services company that helps entrepreneurs set their online strategy in the right direction to accelerate sales, grow the business, and dominate your market. A few of the most impactful benefits I’ve realized are: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 5, 2024

A barrage of documents and manuals can be overwhelming — and, let’s be honest, they’re not the most digestible type of content you can put in front of new remote hires. Excellent video content has the unique advantage of being able to convey nuance, tone, and even emotion to bridge the gap where other media falls short.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2020

If you’re a business owner who has survived the conversion to remote work, you could have a lucrative opportunity in front of you: job demand. However, employment opportunities are scarce. The key to success, however, lies in a tactful execution of strategy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 20, 2021

So, make a point to check in with your salespeople on a regular basis, and document your findings so you can pick up on patterns in your customers’ comments. Current events might not have anything to do with my industry, but when they do, I want to be the first to know so I can make sure we’re capitalizing on opportunities.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The biotech industry is built on one of the cleanest go-to-market strategies in existence: if you make a safe drug that really works, patients are likely to receive it and payors are likely to pay for it. How much of the total financing is allocated towards the lead program? These are all common questions you’ll hear from biotech investors.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

With what she gained as Fellow, she took on the opportunity to prepare her team in Suriname to be part of the International Robotics Olympics. As someone who gave them an opportunity.”. Ashna has always been somebody who sees opportunity and acts on it. How would you like people to remember you and YHS? “As

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. Structured data asset creation works in on demand in real-time across multiple data sets Including web, e-mail, internal databases, documents, and media. Potentially limits acquisition opportunities for independent ad networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

It is the same movie I saw 10 years ago when every VC would say to me, “yeah, I get that you’re an online document sharing service, but what’s going to happen when Microsoft enters the market? Ultimately a small percentage of his total opportunity. You just have to deal with some insufferable VCs and journalists for a while.

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Remember that investors like industries that have a billion dollar opportunity, and a double-digit growth rate. It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, and then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Exit strategy. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Gust

AUGUST 12, 2012

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. Equally important, marketing and sales people should be able to identify benefits and marketing strategies, set prices, and validate a business model. It’s definitely positive to have a product plan.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 3, 2024

If no plans exist, this may be the opportunity to create one collaboratively with the consultant. When interviewing potential candidates, use the opportunity to discuss areas in greater depth and gauge the consultant’s expertise. Be open-minded and willing to implement the consultant’s recommendations and strategies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

We used what we know about language and healthy communication from the millions of documents we’ve processed at Writer to come up with 11 words and phrases to remove from your VC pitch deck: Negative associations. exit strategy”. But putting exit strategy in your deck can only get investors thinking about the inherent risks.

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Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

The approach I recommend is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Opportunity sizing. Implicit in this is the go-to-market strategy. Exit strategy. Competition and sustainable advantage.

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Gust

AUGUST 24, 2014

The revenue model you select is basically the implementation of your business strategy, and the key to attaining your financial objectives. This is a very costly development, testing, documentation, and support challenge. Razor blade model. Your business model interacts closely with your marketing model, but don’t get them confused.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 11, 2024

There is a wealth of online marketing research resources to help a small business or startup to establish a marketing plan and strategy to achieve its marketing goals. With the right information, small businesses can formulate a strategy to move forward more confidently, by understanding their target customers and related market segment.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

This window of opportunity was driven by the pandemic as we saw a lot of companies become distributed and go remote,” CEO Babcock told TechCrunch. There was no longer the opportunity to tap on people’s shoulders in the office, so much of the training was left to people’s own devices.”. The team now has 13 employees.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Different apps and software tools quickly took charge of the opportunity. Take this opportunity to evaluate these aspects on both individual and organizational levels. In a remote setting, dispersed or disorganized documents only brings confusion. Promote transparent and effective communication. And fear not!

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Startup Blogpost

JULY 21, 2023

10 Strategies to Scale Hourly Hiring With Quality and Diversity Scaling your hourly hiring process while ensuring quality and diversity is a challenge that many leaders face. To help you navigate this, we asked ten industry leaders and CEOs for their top strategies.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

In a nascent field like entrepreneurial ecosystem building, practitioner examples are rare and we were not going to pass up the opportunity to speak to four representatives of this pilot project to learn more about: What gave rise to the need of hiring an ecosystem builder. River and bridges in Danville. Challenges.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

From fostering a culture of trust to assigning clear task ownership, explore the diverse strategies and tools in these fourteen responses that can help ensure your team stays on track. They have an opportunity to set realistic expectations for achievable goals. But when you let people make their own decisions, then a few things happen.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

But in recent years, corporate docs are being drawn up in English to facilitate communication both inside Switzerland’s various language regions and foreign capital, and investment documentation is modeled after the U.S. What are some overlooked opportunities right now? How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2021

With these five strategies, your pathway to exit can be smooth and rewarding. The first step of a valuation will give you the opportunity to increase your company’s value before officially listing it for sale. Your content blog may need a new SEO strategy to raise your monthly traffic. Prepare Your Business’s Documentation.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

With its vision of creating opportunities for people to prosper and enjoy life, MONIX offers humanized, AI-driven FINNIX application to over 36 million Thai people as a means to also help address the country’s informal debt problems. 1 financial application in Southeast Asia and become the best financial friend ever.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This article is the third of four installments in our new series, How Fintech Companies Can Simplify Their Funding Strategy. After the company signs the term sheet, the lender will begin legal documentation and work with their counsel on clearing conflicts to get a full loan agreement drafted. This usually takes about a week.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Jason Dressel is president of History Factory , which helps companies use their history and heritage to enhance and transform strategy, positioning, marketing and communication. But this documented history cannot be a hagiography of the departing CEO. Jason Dressel. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

It’s imperative that we occasionally slow down to ensure intentional documenting of processes, methodologies and results. They learn how to develop community goals and strategies to achieve those. We knew at the outset that this was a strategy for economic justice that we intended to pursue after the grant period ended.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

Millions of counterfeits are traded in real-time, and the opportunity, so to speak, is wide: it impacts both small and large brands and selling platforms. “Traditionally, the most time-consuming part of the entire process is product-matching and documentation.” ” MarqVision has automated all of this.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. Sales and marketing plans , lists of prospects, supplier and subcontractor relationships, pricing data, media buying plans and strategies, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. “Here’s how you upload a document. Talk about the existing solutions, the market opportunity and the competition. Mobile app? Just jump into the demo after intros.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Where are the growth opportunities? Start by documenting everything. The more employees that came on, the more I needed to have everything documented. Tip #3: Crafting a Clear Exit Strategy Just as you planned when you started your business, you need a detailed blueprint when you decide to step away. What’s the revenue?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

I’ve had the opportunity to help business owners strategize their plans using PR as a tool to help navigate through difficult times with clarity. In times of crisis, it’s imperative for startups to build a solid analytics strategy to understand how their businesses are functioning at a granular level. Don’t try to fight it.

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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. Tell me about this process.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Opportunities are simply opportunities and not long-term plans. How to fix the mistake of losing focus of what really matters: Having a clear strategy in place helps to say NO by agreeing and focusing on goals and priorities. The challenge here is that in a startup, you will probably have to adjust the strategy more often.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

The fusion of these elements cultivates an environment of growth and transformation, making it an essential strategy for startups aspiring to unlock their full potential and thrive in their respective markets. Traditional GTM playbooks often overlook the customer journey, leading to flawed strategies when customer needs change.

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StartupNation

JULY 25, 2021

Documenting your unique success factors is critical to winning over investors, which is why any comprehensive business plan should include a section on this. P lace, or distribution strategy, which is how customers will buy from you (e.g., Sometimes you need to get creative in showing traction! Unique success factors. Marketing plan.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Organizations and aspiring business entrepreneurs must be strategic in their human resource strategies. By developing strategies that reflect the realities of cyberattacks , you may improve your company’s ability to create an effective workforce. Develop alternative management strategies. So you must be flexible. Conclusion.

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