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8 Fundraising Deal Breakers Inexperienced Entrepreneurs Routinely Create

InfoChachkie

Fortunately, most deal breakers can be avoided, with a bit of pro-active thought and deft execution. In many instances, investors simply do not have the patience to wait for an entrepreneur to sufficiently clean up their deal once a significant issue is identified during the due diligence process. Breaking The Deal Breakers.

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Great Entrepreneurs are Masters of Business Chaos

Startup Professionals Musings

I “second the message” that chaos never subsides, from a couple of successful entrepreneurs, Clate Mask and Scott Martineau, in their book “ Conquer the Chaos.” Don’t count on your IP to save you. Even great entrepreneurs are amazed at how fast this can lead to a non-recoverable situation. Employees stop innovating.

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Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena

socalTECH

So, I thought I''d see if there was an interest here to active a community in town. People might be willing to do that for major events, but that''s too high a barrier for people to be actively engaged in the Silicon Beach community. The thesis is, we need collaboration, ideas, and IP, and to translate that into innovation.

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Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

InfoChachkie

Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. How can IP be worthless to a startup yet very worthwhile to a BDC? Because IP has intrinsic value, but only in the right hands. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

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Interview with Vanessa Dawson, The Vinetta Project

socalTECH

Vanessa Dawson: The Vinetta Project is an entreneurial ecosystem and deal flow pipeline that works with early stage, female tech founders, and helps them to access both resources and capital for their business. We've helped entrepreneurs raise over $225M in early stage, venture funding. How long have you been active in Los Angeles?

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Entrepreneurs Who Fear Chaos Risk An Early Demise

Startup Professionals Musings

I second the message that chaos never subsides, from a couple of successful entrepreneurs, Clate Mask and Scott Martineau, in their book “ Conquer the Chaos.” Don’t count on your IP to save you. The easiest way to reduce chaos is to buffer all your activities (slow down), define safer generic processes, which spiral down productivity.