Comments on: Turnaround – With Mark Suster http://mixergy.com/mark-suster-venture-capital-entrepreneur/ Entrepreneurs you respect teach how they did it. Sat, 19 May 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: 15 Great Customer Development, Lean Startups, and Entrepreneurship Resources | Dave Concannon http://mixergy.com/mark-suster-venture-capital-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-8765 15 Great Customer Development, Lean Startups, and Entrepreneurship Resources | Dave Concannon Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:14:12 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=4375#comment-8765 [...] raising startup capital, marketing, right down to the definition of  "Entrepreneurial DNA". His fantastic interview on Mixergy was quite probably the most inspiring thing I listened to last [...] [...] raising startup capital, marketing, right down to the definition of  "Entrepreneurial DNA". His fantastic interview on Mixergy was quite probably the most inspiring thing I listened to last [...]

]]> By: Alexandra http://mixergy.com/mark-suster-venture-capital-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-12195 Alexandra Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:10:05 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=4375#comment-12195 Andrew and Mark, thank you both very much for this interview! It is not only informative, it is also very motivating. I am especially grateful to Mark for describing years 2000-2003 of his career and sharing how you built your company. And it was great to hear that you advise people to minimise the investment intake. I think too many people are using vc funding as an easy way out and that impacts the potential of those companies and creativity of the entrepreneurs. This also makes it harder to find mutually beneficial deals for the others.<br><br>Mark, I am glad that you have addressed the subject of sales! It seems now days that the revenues are taking the 3rd place in comparison to the website traffic stats and community/user numbers. I see so many people from both corporate and entrepreneurial worlds who close their eyes on sales, almost expecting that the product or existing relationships will take care of the company revenues on their own. It is rather sad... There are a lot of cowboy sales people out there. It is very difficult to find great sales people, especially ones who will understand the start ups. However that should not give entrepreneurs and their boards an excuse to ignore the necessity! Andrew and Mark, thank you both very much for this interview! It is not only informative, it is also very motivating. I am especially grateful to Mark for describing years 2000-2003 of his career and sharing how you built your company. And it was great to hear that you advise people to minimise the investment intake. I think too many people are using vc funding as an easy way out and that impacts the potential of those companies and creativity of the entrepreneurs. This also makes it harder to find mutually beneficial deals for the others.

Mark, I am glad that you have addressed the subject of sales! It seems now days that the revenues are taking the 3rd place in comparison to the website traffic stats and community/user numbers. I see so many people from both corporate and entrepreneurial worlds who close their eyes on sales, almost expecting that the product or existing relationships will take care of the company revenues on their own. It is rather sad… There are a lot of cowboy sales people out there. It is very difficult to find great sales people, especially ones who will understand the start ups. However that should not give entrepreneurs and their boards an excuse to ignore the necessity!

]]> By: Alexandra http://mixergy.com/mark-suster-venture-capital-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-7713 Alexandra Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:10:05 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=4375#comment-7713 Andrew and Mark, thank you both very much for this interview! It is not only informative, it is also very motivating. I am especially grateful to Mark for describing years 2000-2003 of his career and sharing how you built your company. And it was great to hear that you advise people to minimise the investment intake. I think too many people are using vc funding as an easy way out and that impacts the potential of those companies and creativity of the entrepreneurs. This also makes it harder to find mutually beneficial deals for the others.<br><br>Mark, I am glad that you have addressed the subject of sales! It seems now days that the revenues are taking the 3rd place in comparison to the website traffic stats and community/user numbers. I see so many people from both corporate and entrepreneurial worlds who close their eyes on sales, almost expecting that the product or existing relationships will take care of the company revenues on their own. It is rather sad... There are a lot of cowboy sales people out there. It is very difficult to find great sales people, especially ones who will understand the start ups. However that should not give entrepreneurs and their boards an excuse to ignore the necessity! Andrew and Mark, thank you both very much for this interview! It is not only informative, it is also very motivating. I am especially grateful to Mark for describing years 2000-2003 of his career and sharing how you built your company. And it was great to hear that you advise people to minimise the investment intake. I think too many people are using vc funding as an easy way out and that impacts the potential of those companies and creativity of the entrepreneurs. This also makes it harder to find mutually beneficial deals for the others.

Mark, I am glad that you have addressed the subject of sales! It seems now days that the revenues are taking the 3rd place in comparison to the website traffic stats and community/user numbers. I see so many people from both corporate and entrepreneurial worlds who close their eyes on sales, almost expecting that the product or existing relationships will take care of the company revenues on their own. It is rather sad… There are a lot of cowboy sales people out there. It is very difficult to find great sales people, especially ones who will understand the start ups. However that should not give entrepreneurs and their boards an excuse to ignore the necessity!

]]> By: Chris Hamoen http://mixergy.com/mark-suster-venture-capital-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-7629 Chris Hamoen Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:13:25 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=4375#comment-7629 What a great interview. I attendee a lot of entrepreneur networking events here in Toronto - and they often don't understand what they're really missing - salesmanship!<br><br>Also his point on ensuring deals are mutually beneficial - this is critical. It requires an understanding of what a profitable deal is, however..:) You can't be afraid of having those conversations. For instance, how many entrepreneurs are told "it's not in my budget", and just believe it? What a great interview. I attendee a lot of entrepreneur networking events here in Toronto – and they often don't understand what they're really missing – salesmanship!

Also his point on ensuring deals are mutually beneficial – this is critical. It requires an understanding of what a profitable deal is, however..:) You can't be afraid of having those conversations. For instance, how many entrepreneurs are told “it's not in my budget”, and just believe it?

]]> By: Casey Allen http://mixergy.com/mark-suster-venture-capital-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-7598 Casey Allen Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:44:46 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=4375#comment-7598 I'd say more of a VC pathologist. I'd say more of a VC pathologist.

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