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The 12 Laws Of Entrepreneurial Power

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Successful startups rely on a network of stakeholder who have a vested interest in the venture''s success. 3) Law 8 - Make Other People Come To You – Use Bait If Necessary. Build your network by asking your stakeholders for introductions and references. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them." Greene''s book.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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Some channels will be expensive but highly scalable, such as direct response radio, while others will be less expensive, but more difficult to scale, such as search and affiliates. In addition, you must consider your customers’ lifetime value by channel , as there can be a great deal of variance between various clusters of customers.

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VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding!

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This posting was inspired by an email from Rajat Suri who wrote me an email in response to Chris Dixon’s blog post (link below) from August, which recently re-ran on Business Insider and has generated much Twitter chatter. If a VC term sheet comes in they begin their due diligence process. What gives? Am I a hypocrite?