This is a couple of years old, but still highly relevant and a great step-by-step guide/checklist.
Internet Business Models
4/16/2010 by
I’ll be presenting on April 26 to the Founder Institute Singapore on "Earning Revenue and Internet Business Models". I give a lot of credit to Munjal Shah, some of whose slides I incorporated directly into this deck.
My draft slide deck is below; I would welcome feedback.
Internet Business Models for Startups
View more presentations from Teten Advisors, LLC.
Hiring and Firing for Entrepreneurs
4/11/2010 by
I’ll be presenting on April 27 to the Founder Institute Singapore on "Hiring and Firing for Entrepreneurs". My draft slide deck is below; I would welcome feedback.
Visiting Singapore April 23-29: Presenting to Founder Institute, Venture Capital & Private Equity Association, CFA Singapore, and others
4/11/2010 by
I’m very excited to be visiting Singapore for the first time April 23-29; I may stay longer in Asia depending on business exigencies. I’m visiting as part of the faculty for the local launch of Founder Institute, with sponsorship from the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and others. I will also be meeting with some local investment funds, incubators, and entrepreneurs. If you have any suggestions of people or institutions with whom I should meet, please contact me.
Thank you to Jeffrey Paine, Partner, Battle Ventures, for coordinating the trip.
I have scheduled six speaking engagements as part of my trip, and I hope that some readers can join us:
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Where are the Deals?! Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds’ Best Practices in Originating New Investments
Sponsors: Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and CFA Singapore
Preview presentation at http://teten.com/deals .
Monday, April 26, 12-2:00pm
FTSE Room, Level 9 Capital Tower, 168 Robinson Road
Members: $0, Candidates: S$15, Non-members: S$30. RSVP: programs(@)cfasingapore.org
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Earning Revenue and Business Models for Startups
Sponsor: Founder Institute
Panel with Chester Ng, Co-Founder, Chief Business Officer at OpenCandy, and Derrick Morton, CEO at FlowPlay
Preview presentation at http://www.teten.com/business-models/ .
Monday, April 26, 6:30-9:00 PM
Microsoft Singapore, Level 22, NTUC Centre, One Marina Boulevard, Singapore
No Cost. Very limited room for guests. RSVP: jeff(@)battleventures.com
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Bulldog Conversation: Best Practices in Deal Origination for VC and Private Equity Funds
I’ll be discussing the findings of my research study on best practices of venture capital and private equity investors in sourcing new investments.
Sponsor: Yale Club of Singapore. Also invited are members of DUAL, the organization for graduates of some of the more distinguished universities globally.
Preview presentation at http://teten.com/deals .
Tuesday, April 27, 12-2:00 PM
Brewerkz Riverside Point, 30 Merchant Road #01-05/06 Riverside Point
Cost: S$10 for Yale Club members, S$20 for others. RSVP: shawn(@)yaleSG.org .
Details: http://alumninet.yale.edu/clubs/fbfq/
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Hiring and Firing for Startups
Sponsor: Founder Institute
Panel with Eric Tachibana, Director at Bank of America- Merrill Lynch, and Derrick Morton, CEO at FlowPlay
Preview presentation at http://teten.com/Hiring .
Tuesday, April 27, 06:30 PM
NUS – Extension @ PARK MALL, 9 Penang Road, #12-01, Park Mall (opposite Dhoby Ghaut MRT)
No Cost. Very limited room for guests. RSVP: jeff(@)battleventures.com
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Free (or Nearly Free) Market Research for Entrepreneurs and Other Misers
Sponsor: National University of Singapore Techno Venture Forum
Preview presentation at http://www.teten.com/market-research .
Wednesday, April 28, 6-8:00pm: National University of Singapore, I3 Auditorium, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Level 1
No cost. RSVP .
A map of all the presentations is at http://bit.ly/bZbpZN
Among the other speakers are Nolan Bushnell (Founder of Atari), Michael Robertson (Former CEO of MP3.com), Aaron Patzer (Founder and CEO of Mint.com), Phil Libin (CEO of Evernote), and many more. More background from the site:
The Founder Institute in partnership with Battle Ventures and Ascendas iAxil is bringing to Singapore a four month training program for both new and seasoned entrepreneurs. The Institute prepares founders to lead the next generation of world-class technology companies across a wide range of industries, from the biotech to the internet. Weekly company-building sessions are guided by experienced CEOs from the US and Singapore/region, and they are held in the evening to allow participants to keep their day job or develop their companies during business hours. All of the program stakeholders, from the participating founders to the experienced CEO Mentors, share in the upside generated by the companies formed during the program. Participants also enjoy free services from three dozen Institute Partners, fundraising opportunities at fair market value, and a teamwork-oriented environment to build a company.
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Writing for American Express OPEN Forum
4/8/2010 by
I’ve told a few friends and may have mentioned it on Twitter. I’m pleased now to officially announce that I’ll be a regular columnist to American Express OPEN Forum in the Money section. My first article, The High Cost of Employee Turnover, is now up on the site.
I’ve been intrigued by this topic for a while and wanting to write about it since my About.com days. I see so many businesses that are short-sighted about how they treat their employees, not realizing that a few extra dollars in pay or perks is probably cheaper in the long run than the turnover they’re experiencing.
Turnover also creates a bad customer experience (and, conversely, seasoned employees usually create a better customer experience). There are a couple of convenience stores in my neighborhood. One treats its employees like robots and can’t seem to keep anyone for more than about a year. The other treats every employee like a manager. Most of them have been there five years or more, and one has been there over ten. Guess which when I go to 90% of the time?
I’ve seen several articles and even some online calculators for turnover costs, but most of them weren’t thorough enough about the soft costs. Also, a lot of them either don’t explain exactly how to do the calculations, or the way they say to do it is wrong (for example, calculating lost productivity based on revenue per employee rather than profit per employee mistakenly inflates the calculated cost).
To learn more, check out The High Cost of Employee Turnover. Retweets much appreciated.
Oh.almost forgot. MUCH thanks to my friend Kate Lister for referring me for this gig.
