InfoChachkie
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
Fortunately, most deal breakers can be avoided, with a bit of pro-active thought and deft execution. Some of the most common include: Junked-up Capital Table – A hodgepodge of small investors who may cause potential headaches for management and/or institutional investors. Breaking The Deal Breakers. Frictionless Fundraising.
InfoChachkie
MAY 6, 2013
This is due to a fundamental disconnect between the increased activity of high-volume seed investors (that fill out lots of Seed rounds) and the relatively small number of Series A investors, who only make 1 or 2 investments, per partner, per year.". There is a similar Darwinian aspect to venture capital investing.
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InfoChachkie
OCTOBER 15, 2012
You control substantial amounts of capital, have tremendous autonomy, a flexible work schedule and you get to play Santa by bestowing financial gifts upon worthy entrepreneurs. In contrast, an Angel Investor is someone who invests their own capital. Just as unproven startups struggle to raise capital, so do newly minted venture firms.
InfoChachkie
JULY 23, 2012
Rejecting the paint-by-numbers approach to corporate communications deployed by most marketing executives, Brad has embraced unconventional guerilla marketing tactics to help establish his venture capital firm, Foundry Group, as a thought leader in early-stage tech investing. companies should… focus on building amazing products.
InfoChachkie
JANUARY 14, 2013
These techniques include: o Actively Listen - The most important selling skill is effective listening. Active listening leads to empathy, which in turn enhances your ability to persuade and influence your prospect. Such pro active communications allows startups to be more responsive than their larger, resource-rich competitors.
SoCal CTO
JANUARY 5, 2011
First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. was starting.
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