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7 Steps To Highly Productive Business Relationships

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, as an entrepreneur, you need investors, so you need to start networking early, because they won’t find you. In my own experience networking as a startup investor and business executive, I always gave extra consideration to someone who didn’t immediately pitch me about their great idea or background.

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VCs, celebrities, and athletes are writing a new LA story to bring women’s soccer to the city

TechCrunch LA

When Upfront Ventures partner Kara Nortman first met Natalie Portman a few years ago to talk about ways their non-profit organizations All Raise and Time’s Up could collaborate, she never realized they’d eventually be partners on a sports franchise. “We’re venture capitalists. ” Nortman said.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

Naturally, the next step in Bernstein’s evolution from blogger to businesswoman was a technology startup. Robertson is the founder of Influence , a networking tool for influencers that’s expected to announce its Series A financing in the coming weeks. Karat, a startup building a bank for creators. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage).

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