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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Gross Profit (also called Gross Margin or sometimes “Net Revenue”). Simplifying: Revenue -.

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Interview: Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder AngelList and Co-Maintainer Venture Hacks

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I recommend you first review Dharmesh’s article and then listen to Naval’s thoughts. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses. Other disqualifiers include) not enough technical people on the team…if you are completely out of market…pre-launch companies tend to not do well…teams that have no credibility.

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Why You Should Think Twice Before You Send That Intro Email

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It’s best if you send a deck so that the investor can review it for a fit before the introduction takes place. They think they’re doing the startup a favor by casting a wide net to VCs. The tech world is filled with these kinds of intros. In Summary. “Hey, I know a guy at Zynga. These drive me bonkers.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a long post, so I put an executive summary here if you want to get the point without reading all the detail. If you plan to read the post you can skip the summary if you want. I want to know how many people, their level of tech sophistication, their age and their interests.

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10 Sure Ways to Get Your Plan Trashed by Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Every serious investor, on the other hand, has a stack of these in their in-basket (email or real plastic) awaiting review, and is looking for the flaw or less-capable entrepreneur in each that predicts failure, allowing them to discard it like another piece of junk mail. Send the plan without a summary. You lose in either case.

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Ten Top Investor Turnoffs Around Business Plans

Startup Professionals Musings

Every serious investor, on the other hand, has a stack of these in their in-basket (email or real plastic) awaiting review, and is looking for the flaw or less-capable entrepreneur in each that predicts failure, allowing them to discard it like another piece of junk mail. Send the plan without a summary. You lose in either case.

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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

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We All Know That Dollars into Venture Have Gone Up … As a starting point, we know that the dollars into venture have steadily rebounded to pre great-recession levels, with just under $30 billion committed to US technology venture capital in 2015. …But LPs Have Been Putting Out More Money Than They Are Getting Back.