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Re: MassChallenge pitch fest notes

Jim Determan — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:22:04 -0000

Thanks for clarifying. I put a note in the post. I keep an eye on the site. I love the concept.

Re: How Sales Complexity Impacts your Startup’s Viability

Jim Determan — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:44:48 -0000

Peter, great point on #1. Its sad to see a company run out of cash with sales in the pipeline and being forced to make quick financing deals at bad terms. Along with time to get paid, you also have to factor in the resources it takes to get paid. As the number of corporate customers goes up, the amount of resources needed to babysit your receivables goes up. It also adds a fair amount of stress :)

Re: Moved to wordpress

Jim Determan — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:06:35 -0000

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Re: Why Blippy Will be Huge: Popularity Modeling, Consumer Tech and the Music Business

Jim Determan — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:12:30 -0000

Good article, Amanda. I have a couple comments. First, I think in the first paragraph you are describing VC funded startups, not all startups. There are many startups who are not looking for the big hit, but rather a nice profitable business that makes money. Maybe even sell it for a number that VC's would laugh at, but would make the founders rich. I prefer this type of bootstrapped startup with a focus on early profitability.

Also, in your factors, you should breakup "Tech" into technology and team. They are very different and shouldn't be lumped together. A great engineering team may be able to do great things with ho-hum technology. Conversely, great technology can not save a mediocre engineering team.

I think you also need a category for management team. VC's often discuss investing in a team vs. a product. You can check if that works out in the end.

Anyway, thanks for the post and good luck.