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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

The book is a layman’s guide to understanding how we as humans make decisions and is underpinned by data-oriented studies to prove his claims. Social proof is defined as “looking for others to guide our decision&# and it can be both explicit and implicit. You should, too. (no,

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Past Is Prologue As New Industries Emerge: It Ain’t Gonna Be Different

InfoChachkie

There were no price guides, standardized rating systems or baseball card stores. The hobby was driven principally by collectors who were primarily interested in completing sets. There were very few card dealers and no card investors. People with vintage cards essentially had no means to convert their cards into cash. from the Wharton School.

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Do Not Seek Your Fortune, Create It: How The Three Little Pigs, Illiterate Miners and Pink Floyd Guided One Entrepreneur’s Journey

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John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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Do Not Seek Your Fortune, Create It: How The Three Little Pigs, Illiterate Miners and Pink Floyd Guided One Entrepreneur’s Journey

InfoChachkie

John Greathouse has held a number of senior executive positions with successful startups during the past fifteen years, spearheading transactions which generated more than $350 million of shareholder value, including an IPO and a multi-hundred-million-dollar acquisition. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Over the past ten years, the rise of the consumer web and the availability of better measurement too. For the past four years, TECH cocktail has been journalistically covering and helping rally together. Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas. User generated content has exploded in the past decade, blah blah blah.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). and are guiding LA 2.0. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. But Is This Really That Surprising?

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Take On Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson’s Venture Deals

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As the authors make clear in the book’s preface, their goal is to create a “definitive guide to venture capital deals” and “demystify the venture capital financing process.” Also, consider asking for a carve-out for acquisitions.” Such detailed, practical counsel can prove to be priceless.