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5 Tips For New Entrepreneurs Needing Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. The challenge here is not to see how many words you can get onto each side, but how you can make this so engaging in layout and content that an investor will ask for more. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes.

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5 Startup Steps That Prove You Are Ready To Execute

Startup Professionals Musings

People cite sources like this BusinessWeek story a while back “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ,” or even my own article on this subject, “ 10 Reasons Not To Write A Business Plan First.” Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. Executive summary glossy. Investor and strategic partner pitch.

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How Aspiring Entrepreneurs Can Stand Above The Crowd

Startup Professionals Musings

People cite sources like this BusinessWeek story last year “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ,” or even my own article a while back, “ 10 Reasons Not To Write A Business Plan First.” Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. Executive summary glossy. Investor and strategic partner pitch.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.

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5 New Venture Deliverables Put You Ahead Of The Crowd

Startup Professionals Musings

Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. The challenge here is not to see how many words you can get onto each side, but how you can make this so engaging in layout and content that an investor will ask for more. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes.

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Interview with Al Eisaian, IconApps

socalTECH

As of the last four months, we've had about 200,000 plus downloads, a bunch of great write ups, and a lot of mom bloggers who have been reviewing the app and writing stories on it. The net-net, is they want to simplify their lives, and we've given them an application that allows them to simplify their life, save money, and share.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

But when I’m looking to write my check I need to look in the eyes of the captain — the maestro who brings the whole orchestra together. And we’re lucky because they deliver many of the great products, services and content that we consume in our lives every day. He wanted to raise angel money. Why should I be?