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ConTraps Part III – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. This series describes how entrepreneurs can craft company-changing agreements with BDCs, while avoiding Kiss of Death contract provisions. Note: This is part III of a four part series.

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Stealth Mode Entrepreneurs Only Increase the Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. Of course they pretend that they are trying to avoid alerting competitors prior to launch, but too often it becomes an excuse to move slowly in a world that’s all about getting to market fast. Get concept feedback early.

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7 Reasons For Your Startup to Skip Stealth Mode

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building. Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. This takes time, and is more valuable than any advertising you can buy.

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Why It’s Not Healthy To Be A Stealthy Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building. Every time I hear about a new startup that is in stealth mode, I wonder what problem they are hiding from whom. This takes time, and is more valuable than any advertising you can buy.

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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. And did I really just try to drop an SAT word into my blog post? In reading the comments on Bijan’s blog and having discussed this so many times, I know some entrepreneurs only want to talk with VCs that think that Powerpoint causes leprosy. So is the PowerPoint deck passé?

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Inside the Realms of Ruin

TechCrunch LA

“You are cordially invited to join New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors Marie Lu, Tahereh Mafi, Ransom Riggs, Adam Silvera, David Yoon, and Nicola Yoon in Realms of Ruin, a collaborative fantasy epic filled with dark magic, intrigue, and unique characters — launched online in a thrilling new way.”.

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Biotech Roundup: Hellos, Goodbyes, “Cures” Delays And Trial News

Xconomy

Senate’s kiss-off of the “Cures” vote—the package of bills that was approved in the House of Representatives last year. After last week’s revelation of three patient deaths in its leading cancer immunotherapy trial, the FDA suspended the study. The week started on a reflective note.

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