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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

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and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo!, I have seen really great product people espouse the death of the business plan. The COGS (costs of goods sold) tells me about how big your customer acquisition costs will be. There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 portfolios.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. We discussed: 1.

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How to Handle a VC Presentation with No Deck

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And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. That notes only told part of the story. First, if it’s an early stage company, I don’t need to see a powerpoint deck. No, the ideas aren’t conflicting.

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Bro Factor – Intimate Relationships Which Provide Your Startup With An Unfair Advantage

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This duality of Bro relationships results in circumstances in which your Bro is also your Bro Foe, as discussed at great length in Kiss of Death. This is a reposting of a ‘classic’ popular post. Bro – abbreviation of “Brother&# , meaning friend or dude. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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