I recently presented to the current crop of companies at DreamIt Ventures -- a pre-seed fund that helps great people with great ideas build great companies. DreamIt is based in Philadelphia and is very similar to Y Combinator. During the...
Topics: Checklists, Finance, Internet, Marketing, Positioning, Sales, Teams, Venture Capital, Web 2.0

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In my last post, I discussed the value proposition of a seat belt, and if that value proposition is so strong, why did it take decades to get good product adoption by end consumers? Seat belts have a great value...
Topics: Marketing, Positioning

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Do you want to put on your seat belt today? It's right there. It's FREE! And, it has one heck of a value proposition -- it could save your life! For decades, seat belts, with their "killer" value proposition (pun...
Topics: Marketing, Positioning

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This morning I changed my blog name to "Barsh Bits." The name I launched it with (Pragmatic VC) was too "narrow" and limiting so I thought I would broaden the title as it lets me use the same blog name...
Topics: Admin Notice

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I am going to do this quick 15 minute presentation at Supernova 2008 on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 in San Francisco. Here is the presentation via SlideShare. I'll blog the details of what's behind the slides at a later date......
Topics: Checklists, Finance, Internet, Marketing, Positioning, Venture Capital, Web 2.0

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