A couple weeks ago I threw my hands up in despair over the number of companies out there whose websites, product videos, and white papers failed to answer the very basic question of “What do you do?”. As best practices and marketing strategies go, this is a pretty poor one – especially if you’re looking…
Read Full Article about Effective Product VideosAnyone running a business while simultaneously looking for investors or seeking a venture capital investment will invariably be busy. They are sometimes so busy that they end up taking phone calls with potential investors at inconvenient times, or else go from one phone call directly to another. While the need to multi-task during these calls…
Read Full Article about 2 practices that kill your professional imageAs someone who’s particularly disaster prone, I’m all about the little things that help make life manageable (for example, the memory card from my camera – which survived not only being tossed in the washing machine – but also 40 minutes on medium in the dryer). This Thanksgiving, I’m very grateful for the SaaS business…
Read Full Article about Giving Thanks for Business Tools: It’s all about the little thingsOver the years, lots of folks have opined on what they believe constitutes the right questions to ask a potential investor. However, I think Tony Hsieh in his latest book, Delivering on Happiness, really nailed it. Over the years, Tony has established thought leadership on building a company culture and guiding his ecosystem’s happiness. It…
Read Full Article about You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.We recently launched the new OpenView Labs website geared toward helping expansion stage internet and technology companies. Most of the information available on the site can be used for expansion stage companies in sectors other than just internet and technology, the main focus of OpenView Venture Partners investment model. The new Labs website, which is…
Read Full Article about OpenView Labs New WebsiteWe recently launched the new OpenView Labs website geared toward helping expansion stage internet and technology companies. Most of the information available on the site can be used for expansion stage companies in sectors other than just internet and technology, the main focus of OpenView Venture Partners investment model. The new Labs website, which is…
Read Full Article about OpenView Labs New WebsiteOne of the most confounding aspects of technology and law is that the latter often fails to keep pace with the former. Last week, when President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, I mentioned that the legislation would be using the US Small Business Association’s (SBA) size and industry standards to determine…
Read Full Article about Technology and Law: The SBA and NAICSExpansion stage at OpenView Venture Partners…The new space is almost done! We are holding a forum next week for our expansion stage portfolio companies and some prospects who are looking for investors. From an operational support point of view, setting up this new space has been a challenge. Today I met with a catering company…
Read Full Article about A New Experience for a Boston Venture Captial FirmIf you are an expansion stage SaaS business looking to generate more qualified leads for your sales team, launching a cold calling initiative to supplement other lead generation systems (SEO, email marketing, advertising, influence marketing, etc.) might be just the ticket to catapulting your company’s growth into high gear. While a well-run cold calling initiative may be great for your sales team’s pipeline —…
Read Full Article about 10 Things to Consider Before Launching a Cold Calling InitiativeNewsletter Best Practices As the summer winds down, we are in the 24th week of our newsletter experiment. Each week we release a newsletter full of tips and tricks that are hand picked by the OpenView team to provide the best new ideas and insights to senior management teams of expansion stage companies looking for…
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