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- Instant Grocery Market Size to Grow by USD 123.85 billion | 54% of Market Growth to Originate from APAC | Technavio
- Physiotherapy Equipment Global Market Report 2022-2027: Rising Geriatric Population and Sedentary Lifestyle & Technological Advances in Physiotherapy Equipment Presents Opportunities
- Guardant Health and Adicon announce strategic partnership to offer comprehensive genomic profiling tests to accelerate development of new cancer therapies in China
- 5G-Advanced Accelerates Towards a Digital, Intelligent Future
- EW Healthcare Partners Announces Extension of TherapeuticsMD Tender Offer
- SUPERIOR GOLD FILES TECHNICAL REPORT TO SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY RELEASED MINERAL RESERVE AND RESOURCE UPDATE WHICH SAW MINERAL RESERVES INCREASE 66% AND INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCES INCREASE 29%
- Portugal Data Center Market Report 2022-2027: Increasing Cloud Connectivity will Lead to Higher Demand for High-Bandwidth Networking and Processing Infrastructure
- SHUTTERSTOCK STUDIOS ANUNCIA SU EXPANSIÓN A LA PRODUCCIÓN DE DOCUMENTALES DE LARGA Y CORTA DURACIÓN
- Uncle Bud's Hemp & CBD Debuts Exclusive Partnership with World Class Boxing Promotor, Golden Boy, at Ryan Garcia vs. Javier Fortuna on Saturday, July 16
- Extruded Snacks Market Size Worth US$ 93.9Bn by 2028 at 7.1% CAGR with Deep Dive Analysis of 18+ Countries across 5 Key Regions, 50+ Companies Scrutinized by The Insight Partners
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- Chapel Hill firm managing $5B in assets launches new fund
- Report: Puget Sound housing markets could see price declines soon
- MFS buys major stake in digital-outsourcing company
- WesBanco CEO to retire
- Clayton-based Advantage Capital outlines 'impact investment' in annual report
- Mississippi merger: Sycamore Bank acquired by BankFirst Capital Corp.
- North Dakota financial services company completes buyout of Valley community bank
- Bethesda PE firm closes its third and largest fund
- Comerica revamps retail bank, targeting small businesses, technology
- North Carolina financier claims his business partner cheated him out of millions
Tag Archives: VentureTips
Being Small is Not a Strategy for Beating Your Competition
A meaningful percentage of my startup clients have no respect for their competition. Too many first-time founders have bought the story that big existing companies in their space are too slow to be a competitive threat. Or that “existing competitors aren’t as … Continue reading
The Four Seasons of Your Start-Up…Autumn Begins! (reprise)
(Originally posted in 2012…thought of it as I picked my last tomato of the season yesterday!) The temperature outside my window last night dipped to 44, the crickets have stopped chirping and my wife told me that she “can’t manage … Continue reading
Assessing Your Competitive Landscape…It’s a Forest Out There
I’m finally going to get a business plan pet peeve off my chest and onto your shoulders. I’ve decided that I’ve read my last business plan with a “Competition” section that blithely lists a few direct competitors and a factoid … Continue reading
Scalawags, Scoundrels, and Other Corporate Partners
If you only quickly scan this post, you may get the impression I’m suggesting that relationships with companies larger than your start-up are not a good idea. If you are getting that impression, please keep reading. For almost all B-to-B … Continue reading
VentureTips: In Defense of the Downtrodden Business Plan
The recent consensus from investors and experts on business plans is…don’t do them. Most often I’m hearing that founders have not written a business plan document. They’ve prepared executive summaries, powerpoint pitches and filled out forms at online pitch sites. … Continue reading
Let Us Begin with the Beginning
And so, in conclusion, we project that our exit will occur on July 30, 2019. Perhaps the only aspect of your business’s future that is less certain than your 3rd year EBITDA, is the financial exit that you and your … Continue reading
VentureTips…Make Your Business About Your Customers, Not About Your Technology
A founder came to see me yesterday to give me an update on how 2011 went and to bounce some ideas off of me for where to take the company next. The company is a small business that is approaching … Continue reading
Every Top 10 List Deserves a Few Cautions
Martin Zwilling’s recent post discussing “10 Clues That It May Be Time To Start Your Own Business” is only partly useful. It provides a checklist of feelings or observations that, if you experience them, may help you recognize that you … Continue reading
Should VC’s Be More Like Lumberjacks?
According to this Small Business Trends post, only 10% of all VC investment goes into seed and early stage companies. That is up from only about 5% in the mid-2000’s, but well below the 15-25% range that existed between 1980 … Continue reading
VentureTips…Wise Beyond Their Years
Ah, youth. Early signs of future success sometimes appear to be obvious, but so many do not live up to their potential. Like the highly recruited college athlete who appears to be the “next one”, early promise can fizzle or … Continue reading
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