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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There was no money train. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. It was 1991. We still loved every moment.

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People Management: Startup Teams Should Dip but not Skip

Both Sides of the Table

You’ll get sales information from your VP of Sales, marketing information from your VP Marketing, tech information from your CTO and so on. It might tell you that you need better sales training or to hone your key selling messages. Similarly I liked to keep myself apprised of the technical decisions we were making.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Write things down. They had a team trained up in Documentum and we certainly had enemies from the inside. Be gracious.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Write things down. They had a team trained up in Documentum and we certainly had enemies from the inside. Be gracious.

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Improving Sales: The Excuse Departement is Closed

Both Sides of the Table

Most technology startups seem to be funded by product people or business people. I had never had any sales training so everything we did for the first couple of years was instinctual. I’ve started writing up some of those sales & marketing lessons and I plan to continue to build that section out over time.

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Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). They had a team trained up in Documentum and we certainly had enemies from the inside. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They hired a consultant to help them with the review.

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When should you go for equity financing?

Berkonomics

In most cases, these applicants for equity funding must be rooted in technology to apply to this limited discussion. The advantage to getting the attention of a super angel is that most operate informally and make quick decisions with little due diligence. This class of investor typically writes checks from $50,000 to $250,000.

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