With Google and Facebook consistently in the hot seat for their privacy policies, what does the future look like from a legal standpoint for SaaS companies? Several leading companies are already building privacy into their software design, effectively making privacy the default setting.
Read Full Article about I Have Seen the Future, and It Is “Privacy by Design”In my years of working with venture capital firms focused on expansion stage investments, one of the biggest challenges companies raising venture capital face is in inside sales recruiting. Many are just not prepared or experienced in managing, coaching and developing people or prepared for the investment (time) in the success of the team. The first step…
Read Full Article about Inside Sales Recruiting: Wanna Hire Top Talent? INVEST IN IT!!The debate rages on: does venture capital add value? In the cloud/lean startup era, many B2C businesses arguably don’t need venture backing anymore. When I talk to entrepreneurs, this theme arises frequently, so I wanted to explore it in a blog post. For better or for worse, some entrepreneurs I speak to are generally dead-set…
Read Full Article about Does venture capital add value?Over 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.Accelerate your new product development cycle with easy to use market research tools One of the most significant challenges to young software companies is validating the premise that their product addresses a significant need in the market and provides value to its users. As a result, product managers need to constantly seek out feedback from…
Read Full Article about Bootstrapped Product Strategy Development: Affordable tools to test your productsRob Infantino, a senior consultant at the Enterprise Strategy Group sent me the template he recommends companies use to present their story to analysts. This is a template for an approximately 12-15 slide presentation that can be delivered in 30 minutes. It focuses more on the highlights and allows the analyst/investor to ask detailed questions.…
Read Full Article about How Good is Your Investor/Analyst Presentation?Keeping your customers informed on what’s new and exciting about your company is a crucial component of keeping those customers. Email marketing is an enormously useful approach when done well and should not be missed during your business growth strategies conversations. Some popular CRM platforms include Salesforce, Infusionsoft, and MailChimp. With the large array of…
Read Full Article about Are You Connecting With Your Customers?Keeping your customers informed on what’s new and exciting about your company is a crucial component of keeping those customers. Email marketing is an enormously useful approach when done well and should not be missed during your business growth strategies conversations. Some popular CRM platforms include Salesforce, Infusionsoft, and MailChimp. With the large array of…
Read Full Article about Are You Connecting With Your Customers?I read a very interesting blog post on the AVC blog space. It was comparing the option of raising venture funding from venture capital firms versus taking venture capital investment from angel investors in the seed investment stage of a company. The blog advised that angel money is usually more appropriate during the inception of…
Read Full Article about When Choosing Between VCs and AngelsI was reading the Wall Street Journal last week and came across an article in the small business section titled “Start-Ups Grumble About Directors Too Busy Too Help” which I wanted share with you. As a founder and/or CEO of an early or expansion stage company looking for investors to provide growth capital — to…
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