A question I hear often is “how do I find a VC to invest in my company?” First, there are many different institutional equity investors, both private and public. Venture Capital companies are best known by start ups and early stage companies, because VC’s are most likely to be found investing in these riskier ventures. …
Monthly Archives: November 2009
25 Attributes of Effective Teams
If you take a magnifying glass and hold it up to most organizations recognized for their effectiveness, you will see that they have two characteristics in common; they have effective Leadership and they operate through effective Teams. If you believe the chicken came before the egg, then you would agree that it takes effective leadership…
Entrepreneur or “PermopreneurTM”? Which are you?
Entrepreneurs are heralded by the business community as key contributors to the success of the US Economy; probably one of the most resilient economies in the world (even in a recession). New products, technologies and business ideas are the objectives of millions of aspiring Entrepreneurs throughout the world. Yet, there is an 80% failure rate…
The “5″ P’s of Marketing
There are many misconceptions as to what is marketing and what it can do for an organization. Marketing is best described as a process intended to increase the perceived value and to stimulate demand for a product. A product, in our case, will mean both a physical product and a service, which is then translated…
Marketing and Sales Differences
Marketing and sales are often used in the same sentence as though they were synonymous. This happens frequently enough that many organizations structure these functions into the same department and cost centers. Being combined in this manner is not a major issue for most organizations, as long as they understand the true functional differences between…
STEPS TO BECOME A MORE SUCCESSFUL PERSON
You are a success …. ….IF you are able to look within yourself and realize that you are the only one who is responsible for yow you feel about yourself… ….IF you realize that others may hurt your feelings and that life may be cruel at times, but realize that how you react to these…
