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Equity Investment Platform Preparation Best Practices

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are one of the thousands of entrepreneurs who need equity funding to get your startup going (no loans to repay), you are probably overwhelmed at the prospect of finding, contacting and pitching to the huge number of qualified angels and investment groups around the country. Prepare a slide deck to highlight product and business.

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How to Handle a VC Presentation with No Deck

Both Sides of the Table

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. I would argue that this mostly consists of consumer Internet companies (although not exclusively) and it is predominantly early-stage people who are product gurus and have a mildly technical bend to them. That notes only told part of the story. I’m sure there are many more.

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

Both Sides of the Table

” The punch line from this post was “angel yourself.” ” My friend Ian Sigelow wrote about this last week and advised people not to take on this kind of job. Maybe they were in their 20s in 2002 when being a startup CEO wasn’t really available to most? It will likely IPO in the coming years.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

. – Digital Messaging Infrastructure Company (incubated by Addante and Associates, LLC) Age: 25 - 29 (present) Time Period: 2002 - present My Role: Founder High Point: TBD Here is a summary of my experiences to-date with StrongMail: 1. I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit. Relaxing 2.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area. I often advise these CEOs to make the tough choices early in the company’s history – either move up North or build your tech team in LA. What about offshoring?