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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

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In a press release The Disney Accelerator highlights the success of Sphero and announced: “They have a multi-property lineup for this year including the App-enabled Ultimate Lightning McQueen, the voice interactive Spider-Man, and more.”. “And

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How Arivale Is Harnessing Genomics To Optimize Human Health and Wellness

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We'll talk more about that, but what we do is bring the data cloud to life through licensed professional coaches, who understand the incentives of behavior change, and meet participants where they are, through three or four occasional recommendations each month. It's all about the app, or the computer screen, or the data.

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. Do you have good quips?

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow. Do you have good quips?

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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

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They’re also good at screening candidates. I doubt they’d be willing to press harder in questioning and/or be more attuned to negative signals that the reference might be implying but not actually saying. You can certainly get coaching from your VC on how to play the negotiations since they do it more often than you do.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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Not what you read in the press. Press the flesh. It’s your job to find a continued way to stay on the radar screen of the VC. One of the best sales coaches I ever worked with used to talk to me about “testing prospects.” You’re meeting with people who can help you with introductions. Test interest.

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