Tag Archives: fund raising

Quora – My new favorite habit

I know a lot has been written about Quora. Lots of it is positive, some negative. Like anything else, I guess its a matter of perspective and time before we will all see whether they are the next great social … Continue reading

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StartUp America

All the recent press and coverage of the new White house program Startup America has certainly had a positive impact on the state of innovation and entrepreneurship in America. For those who haven’t seen the Austan Goolsbee, Chairman of the … Continue reading

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8th Wonder of the World

Continuing our theme of the 10 most interesting developments affecting our business from 2010, we have to go with the obvious: #8: Facebook, Twitter and the Social Media Revolution Enough said. They have changed the way we think, the way … Continue reading

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Raising Venture Capital, Tips for Entrepreneurs, Post 5

Sorry its been a while since the last post, I was away with my family for a week. In the time I was gone we received a number of new business plans. Continuing a trend that has been evident over … Continue reading

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Raising Venture Capital, Tips for Entrepreneurs, Post 4

In our last post we took up part 3 of the executive summary; do you have a keen understanding of the market you intend to compete in? This is critical since the addressable market is really the point that we … Continue reading

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Raising Venture Capital, Tips for Entrepreneurs, Post 3

In our last post we took up part 2 of the executive summary; explaining the problem that needs to be solved. We talked about trying to avoid the mistake of finding a problem for the solution, as opposed to solving … Continue reading

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Raising Venture Capital, Tips for Entrepreneurs, Post 2

In the previous post we tackled the issue of keeping the value proposition simple and easy to socialize. Believe me, if we cant convince our wives or mothers, we will have a tough time convincing anyone. Lets now look at … Continue reading

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Raising Venture Capital, Tips for Entrepreneurs

This is the first in a series of posts I want to write on lessons learned from working at, and now with, Start-up companies.  In particular, I’d like to discuss several aspects of the fund raising process, which in many ways … Continue reading

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