by Fred M. Haney | Jul 24, 2024 | Business Models, Startups, The Fundable Startup
Often, startups follow the path of least resistance when creating their management team rather than focusing on building a high-performing startup team. Of course, it’s human nature to lean toward the known quantity—the guy next door, an office mate, a lab partner, or...
by Fred M. Haney | Jul 10, 2024 | Fred Haney
In a recent article in the L.A. Times titled, “Why Silicon Beach didn’t live up to the hype as an L.A. tech powerhouse”, the authors listed reasons why the community failed to duplicate Silicon Valley’s success. However, I noticed that of the factors...
by Fred M. Haney | Jun 19, 2024 | Entrepreneurship, Startups, The Fundable Startup
Why do venture capitalists focus so much on the management of startup companies? Why do VCs want experienced CEOs over great ideas and marketability, even? It’s the leadership factor. I recently wrote a blog touching on the topic of how choosing the wrong CEO...
by Fred M. Haney | May 22, 2024 | Business Models, Startups
Does your startup have a competitive advantage? Does your strategy call for particular actions to achieve a specific position in your marketplace? To understand what this means and how you can develop what investors consider a competitive advantage, you need an...
by Fred M. Haney | May 1, 2024 | Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Startups
In my fifty years of experience working with hundreds of startups, I can safely say there’s one roadblock to startup funding that outweighs all others—and most companies will never know the real reason they did not get funded. So, what is this roadblock, and why is it...
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