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Building Products for Mass Adoption

Both Sides of the Table

Chris Dixon wrote a blog post last week titled, “ Techies and Normals &# in which he defined “Techies&# as people who are not just “early adopters&# but also have more of a geeky, technical, product bent. They use products because the products solve a need they have. Launch a product, iterate, fail fast.

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5 Secrets That Make Jeff Bezos The Leader Of The Pack

Startup Professionals Musings

Jeff Bezos is one of the world’s most admired entrepreneurs, primarily because of his humble style and his growth from a regular person background to a current net worth in the neighborhood of $200 billion dollars. Avoid PowerPoint and graphic slide presentations. Focus on the big decisions that are irrevocable.

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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. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Pitch your company, not your product. Successful startups are all about the right people with the right stuff. Executive summary glossy. Investor and strategic partner pitch.

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What Everyone Should Take Away from Twitter’s 8% Staff Reductions

Both Sides of the Table

I put up this slide as part of my discussion. ” It goes like this: What is your net burn rate? Twitter is a great product and a great company. One of the points I tried to make is that as venture capital investors as an industry we seem to have a healthy disdain for public market investors. What is your cash balance?

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5 Startup Steps That Prove You Are Ready To Execute

Startup Professionals Musings

Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Pitch your company, not your product. Successful startups are all about the right people with the right stuff. Executive summary glossy. Investor and strategic partner pitch.

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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. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Pitch your company, not your product. Successful startups are all about the right people with the right stuff. Executive summary glossy. Investor and strategic partner pitch.

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How Aspiring Entrepreneurs Can Stand Above The Crowd

Startup Professionals Musings

Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Pitch your company, not your product. Successful startups are all about the right people with the right stuff. Executive summary glossy. Investor and strategic partner pitch.