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Why They Were Able To Raise Money | Jason L. Baptiste
http://jasonlbaptiste.com/venture-capital/why-they-were-able-to-raise-money/If you have a reputation amongst the tech community it’s going to be easier to get past the point of social proof, get introductions, and have an audience to launch your product to. Kevin Rose is a prime example of this. He launched Digg on a shoe string budget, but was able to leverage his G4 celebrity status to give Digg a boost in traffic. It also gave him the ability to get hooked up with the right group of early investors. A large portion of the investor meetings I’ve taken in my life were solely due to writing on this blog or work I’ve done in the tech community as a whole. Get out there and write, hold meetups, and make a name for yourself. Moot, who has not made much money with 4Chan was able to deploy this method when raising money for Canvas Networks.
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How To Become a Millionaire In Three Years | Jason L. Baptiste
Market Opportunity Inequality of Information Leverage Skills You Know Look in Obscure Places Surround Yourself w/Smart People Charge for Something Your Primary Metric Shouldn’t Be Dollars Get as Many Distribution Channels as Possible Go w/Your Gut, Avoid Fameballing Be an Unrelenting Machine If It’s All Over the News, It’s Too Late If You DO Focus on a Dollar Amount, Focus on the 1st $10k B a Master of Information Get out & B Social Make Waves Dont Ride Them Say No Way More Than Yes Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You Keep Your Door/Inbox Open Give Yourself Every Opportunity Give Yourself Credit Look 4 the Accessory Ecosystem Stick w It Make the Illiquid Liquid Productize a Service Look 4 Something Required/Subsidized by Law Make Sure Ur Robbing a Bank Dont Be Emotional Dont Leave Things up 2 Chance Raise Revenue, Not Funding Dont Get Comfortable Look 4 Those Who Are Comfortable Dont Skimp on Important Things Companies Spend as Much or More on Services as on Software Keep Momentum Going
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Market Opportunity Inequality of Information Leverage Skills You Know Look in Obscure Places Surround Yourself w/Smart People Charge for Something Your Primary Metric Shouldn’t Be Dollars Get as Many Distribution Channels as Possible Go w/Your Gut, Avoid Fameballing Be an Unrelenting Machine If It’s All Over the News, It’s Too Late If You DO Focus on a Dollar Amount, Focus on the 1st $10k B a Master of Information Get out & B Social Make Waves Dont Ride Them Say No Way More Than Yes Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You Keep Your Door/Inbox Open Give Yourself Every Opportunity Give Yourself Credit Look 4 the Accessory Ecosystem Stick w It Make the Illiquid Liquid Productize a Service Look 4 Something Required/Subsidized by Law Make Sure Ur Robbing a Bank Dont Be Emotional Dont Leave Things up 2 Chance Raise Revenue, Not Funding Dont Get Comfortable Look 4 Those Who Are Comfortable Dont Skimp on Important Things Companies Spend as Much or More on Services as on Software Keep Momentum Going
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If You Build It, They Won’t Come. | Jason L. Baptiste
Customer development - From the very first day that you decide the idea will become a reality you should immediately start doing initial customer development. This makes sense for building the right product, but it also gives you a strong list of customers to go to when the product launches. The early potential customers that you talk to will also be some of your warmest leads at first due to their input into the product, which means it may be a very good fit for them when it launches. Think about it this way: if you talk to 50 potential customers before you launch, that automatically gives you a close relationship of 50 people to talk to at launch who will also help spread the word.
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Customer development - From the very first day that you decide the idea will become a reality you should immediately start doing initial customer development. This makes sense for building the right product, but it also gives you a strong list of customers to go to when the product launches. The early potential customers that you talk to will also be some of your warmest leads at first due to their input into the product, which means it may be a very good fit for them when it launches. Think about it this way: if you talk to 50 potential customers before you launch, that automatically gives you a close relationship of 50 people to talk to at launch who will also help spread the word.
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Build What Had Previously Not Been Possible | Jason L. Baptiste
The crucial part to changing the world as an entrepreneur is to use these new building blocks to build what had previously not been possible. When looking at an idea it’s useful to ask yourself: “Would it have been possible to build this company 12-18 months ago?”
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The crucial part to changing the world as an entrepreneur is to use these new building blocks to build what had previously not been possible. When looking at an idea it’s useful to ask yourself: “Would it have been possible to build this company 12-18 months ago?”
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