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Deal Hair: Is Your Startup More Like Russell Brand Or Bruce Willis?

InfoChachkie

Given the thousands of startups Venture Capitalists review annually, they must adopt efficient methods of quickly assessing if a person/opportunity is worth further diligence. Other patterns VCs look for include: Technical Guru with great ideas, but no management experience. Hairy Pattern Matching. Share and Enjoy.

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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

InfoChachkie

Too Techie - Tone down emphasis on the technology underlying your venture; an interested investor will perform tech diligence at the appropriate time. Distribution and Sales. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • EmailRSS.

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Make It Work- the real story

InfoChachkie

The following guest post is from Eric Greenspan, Founder and CEO of MakeItWork, a consumer facing, in-home tech support service. In May of 2012, sales dropped drastically. Sales remained sluggish during this period, but we were not giving up. Then came the weekend, our lease payment and payroll was due Monday. Of course).

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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

InfoChachkie

As Clay Christensen aptly points out in The Innovator’s Dilemma, a large company’s defense of its legacy clouds its ability to appropriately assess the potential impact of disruptive technologies. Michael Dell promised his parents that he would return to school if the sales at his startup did not meet his expectations. “I

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7 Business Mistakes Serial Entrepreneurs Never Make (Twice)

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As an entrepreneur, I helped create companies which achieved two IPOs and two trade sales totaling $385 million. Value is created through diligent hard work. Public relations at a startup is a sales process. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”. During those same 15-years, I made innumerable mistakes.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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Loading… Tech. SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. The tech industry is going south. Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these.

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The Impact Matrix: Prioritize Your 2013 Initiatives Using This Startup Ninja Tool

InfoChachkie

Resources Required – At high-tech startups, required resources include developers’ time and the opportunity cost associated with alternative uses of the developers’ 12-hour workdays. Due to the high-drama endemic in a startup organization, it can be challenging to evaluate opportunities in a systematic and dispassionate manner.

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