4 ways to compete in Amazon’s shadow
“If it has a UPC code, Amazon will beat you.” Thanks to a bigger inventory, low prices, convenient return policy, trusty user reviews, and services like Amazon Prime, Amazon is the world’s largest retailer and doesn’t seem to be moving from that position any time soon. But even in the shadow of Amazon, there are several […]
The only 2 ways to build a $100 million business
With tens of thousands of new start-ups being created every year, the potential of a company to truly scale and become a large, stand-alone business is more crucial than ever before. A great product is always the foundation but a clear distribution strategy becomes essential to cut through the noise. So most early-stage VCs have […]
How to evaluate launch success?
For every start-up, launch day is THE big day. The day you have been working for over weeks and months, the day that you are finally showing your “baby” to the world. And while you are excited to get feed-back from users and customers, you are also asking yourself how success at launch day looks […]
Who Will Win the Fast Growing Online-to-Offline Sector?
Linking local commerce to the Web has emerged as one of the fastest growing sectors in today’s Web economy. Each day we see a new startup in the online-to offline space, with each player wanting to change how consumers find and pay for services, and tap into the trillions of dollars spent in the local, […]
Focus your board meetings on the future, not the past
What do your board meetings look like? Do investors focus on their BlackBerries and iPhones while the CEO plods through every slide in the deck? I’ve sat through (and run) more board meetings than I can remember. And the truth is, most board meetings aren’t as effective as they should be. When it comes to […]