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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

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Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. So what does a VC do when he or she isn’t ready to say “no” or perhaps might like to talk with you in a year but not now?

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How And Where To Connect To The Entrepreneur Universe

Startup Professionals Musings

Attend an investment conference. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

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This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. We trade emails on the topic of entrepreneurship often. The net effect for [my company] for example is we are now doing reasonably well. VC’s who don’t get this are naive.

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Do’s and Don’ts For Entrepreneur Business Networking

Startup Professionals Musings

Attend an investment conference. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

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It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking. But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? Getting Your Work Schedule on Your Terms – Many people in America sit at their desk much of the day and have email open.

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How Closely Do You Follow Networking Etiquette Rules?

Startup Professionals Musings

Attend an investment conference. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Entrepreneurs Learn Best From Business Networking

Startup Professionals Musings

Attend an investment conference. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.