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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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When you raise money from investors you produce information that you are told they want and care about: A fund-raising deck that articulates your company strategy, plans, team, market, competitors and so forth. He told me to stop responded to RFPs where I wasn’t the person who helped write the specs for the RFPs. Thank you!”

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What is the Right Burn Rate for your Startup?

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That is, how much should your company be willing to lose in cash every month as you make investments in staff and equipment that funds technology, sales, marketing and management. The Basics The starting point — the 101 — is knowing the difference between gross burn and net burn. Each investor would need to write $1–1.5

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Take On Guy Kawasaki’s Enchantment

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It has also influenced my thoughts, as evidenced by the six infoChachkie blog entries which reference Art. At the beginning of the index, Guy writes, “I hope Robert Cialdini checks this index.” For instance, Guy refers to an entrepreneur’s venture as their “cause.” Like King, his writing style is breezy and engaging.

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Interview with Derek Norton, Watertower Ventures

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Derek Norton: I just closed on a new fund, worth $5M, which I raised from a group of high net worth, high profile LPs. We are going to write checks of between $100,000 and $500,000, and we are going to invest in what we are calling first institutional capital. Our investment thesis we refer to as the connected consumer.

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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

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That said, there are times where you need to cast a wider net. They know what is “market&# for your recruits in terms of base, bonus & stock options. Often recruiters want to handle the final negotiations on package and/or do the reference calls. I’m also reluctant to hand over reference calling.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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so compelling (other than the fact that the CEO Sean Rad is a great young technology leader and his advisers – Brian Norgard , Dan Gould and Evan Rifkin - are some of the guys I respect most in the LA tech market.). See Fred Wilson’s post on Twitter referring traffic. 30% is the market opportunity. Everybody gains.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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Despite our business model reservations, we were sufficiently intrigued by Jeff and the opportunity to seek technical and market feedback from a VoIP expert. The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: Subject: Reference for Twilio. > -jeff. Tech Diligence - Consider The Source.