The Best Team, The Best College, The Best Connections, The Best Presentation…Will Not Help You As A Startup Founder If You Don’t Have An Attractive Business Model 1. Freemium business model — Here you allow users to utilize basic features of a software, game or service for “free”, and then charge for “upgrades” to the …
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If You Have An Idea And Want To Build A Billion Dollar [UNICORN] Startup, The Odds Of Success Are About 10,000:1 One way to improve your chances is to ensure that your Startup is in one of these categories: Gaming – virtual service or good E-Commerce / Marketplace – pay for a real-world good or …
Newsflash: Disney announced late Sunday evening that CEO Bob Chapek will step down and be replaced by former CEO Bob Iger. Disney shares rose over 6% on Monday on the news. Iger was CEO of Disney from 2005 to 2020 and had chosen Chapek as his successor. So what went wrong to cause this train …
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Do You Follow The “Rule of Gold” or “The Golden Rule”…? I have found that business people, well actually all people, fall into one of two groups. One. Those who feel, mostly on an instinctual level, that the universe is fixed and disconnected, i.e., it has a definite size, and all its component parts are …
Startup Founders need to prepare and perfect a one-sentence pitch (the so-called “elevator pitch”), a one-minute pitch, a 3-4 minute “demo-day” or startup pitching pitch, and the conventional 10-15 minutes investor pitch. Knowing which one to deploy in any given situation can take time, however, a Founder must always be pitching, even in family and …
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Avoid These Mistakes If You Want To Get Funded Entrepreneurs have to pitch investors to raise financing. Many entrepreneurs from earlier-stage companies make common mistakes that could be avoided. I’ve listed some traps to avoid below that if followed, should help you improve investor interest and increase the likelihood you’ll secure a funding offer. The …
22 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching To Investors Entrepreneurs have to pitch investors to raise financing. Many entrepreneurs from earlier-stage companies make common mistakes that could be avoided. In the blog post below I’ve listed some traps to avoid below that if followed, should help you improve investor interest and increase the likelihood you’ll secure …
First the controversy. “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change”. All have heard it. Many have used it. Few have believed it. None or very few have baked it into their DNA as a guiding principle. It …
I’m 62. I should be retired. Instead, I find myself fighting the system every day on behalf of people who just need one good break to make it on their own. The world is at a tipping point. Since the Coronavirus outbreak started and spread globally, life as we knew it ended. Some would …
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