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Jeff commented on Ethan Austin's Blog entry The 6 Stages of the Startup Lifecycle

“ I wrote about the life cycle in my book From IDEA to Exit: The entrepreneurial journey. Where IDEA is an acronym. Where I = the Idea stage and is representative of innovation. D... ”

Jeff commented on Guy Turner's Blog entry How to think about startup models and strategy

“ Nice. Worthy of HBS article:) It took us a while to realize we were not a two sided model, but actually a single B2B play. It also took some convincing to my team why B2C2B2B was a bad idea - and it is a bad idea. You have one customer. Go serve... ”

Jeff commented on Kevin Willer's Blog entry Ask A VC: After concept, how do you pitch for an investment?

“ I have to slightly disagree. VERY FEW people are investing in ideas. And it sounds like you have an idea. Maybe it's "proven", but proof is in traction and adoption. Investors want to see if someone will buy it. I think what Kevin is saying nicel... ”

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Jeff commented on Ethan Austin's Blog entry The 6 Stages of the Startup Lifecycle

“ I wrote about the life cycle in my book From IDEA to Exit: The entrepreneurial journey. Where IDEA is an acronym. Where I = the Idea stage and is representative of innovation. D... ”

Jeff commented on Guy Turner's Blog entry How to think about startup models and strategy

“ Nice. Worthy of HBS article:) It took us a while to realize we were not a two sided model, but actually a single B2B play. It also took some convincing to my team why B2C2B2B was a bad idea - and it is a bad idea. You have one customer. Go serve... ”

Jeff commented on Kevin Willer's Blog entry Ask A VC: After concept, how do you pitch for an investment?

“ I have to slightly disagree. VERY FEW people are investing in ideas. And it sounds like you have an idea. Maybe it's "proven", but proof is in traction and adoption. Investors want to see if someone will buy it. I think what Kevin is saying nicel... ”

Jeff commented on Matt McCall's Blog entry Ask A VC: What industries are ripe for disruption and why?

“ Another point. The employment industry is top of my list for disruption and I'm active doing so with my just launched company - SnagPad.com. I heard job posting/recruiting is a $100B+ industry. Wow! And the job post has not changed in decades. S... ”

Jeff commented on Matt McCall's Blog entry Ask A VC: What industries are ripe for disruption and why?

“ I started a personal healthcare records startup (planning/validation phase only) back in 2007 - maybe even earlier. Huge for disruption, etc. Trick is for the consumer the big EMR players still had/have a strangle hold on the data. Then the light b... ”

Jeff answered Credit Card Processing

“ Thanks everyone for your comments!! ”

Jeff commented on Jed Abernethy's Event View from the Goal Line

“ Should be a great event - I'm looking forward to it. ”

Jeff commented on Howard Tullman's Blog entry WHY IS “FOR-PROFIT” SUCH A BAD WORD IN EDUCATION?

“ And if you want some giggles, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWoQWoRjfGs ”

Jeff commented on Howard Tullman's Blog entry WHY IS “FOR-PROFIT” SUCH A BAD WORD IN EDUCATION?

“ Amen. Sounds like a passage from Thou Shalt Prosper (book with great insight). It is too bad that the entire industry has this black eye, but it also is an opportunity. If you are a differentiated product/service, with better outcomes and ROI, then... ”

Jeff commented on Amina Elahi's Blog entry Braintree Raises $35M to Expand Abroad and Improve Usability

“ As a Chicago community we get caught up in a singular success story (Groupon). I love Groupon, but Braintree is a shinning example of the type of entrepreneurial success we want to promote. There's probably 20 other local Chicago companies having s... ”

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