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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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What price? I think the issue I have always had with investment bank pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. What kind of deals should I be doing?

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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What price? I think my mentality to banker pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. What stage?

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Be Careful About Being a Meddling Startup CEO

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In practice it can be a fine line between sparring partner / coach and stepping over the line to brute-force persuasion. But where you need to be careful is in either “cutting side deals” with the execs such as huge CEO pricing discounts (unless that’s the agreed sales plan) or committing to features to win a deal.

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10 Examples of Companies With Fantastic Cultures

Tech Coast Venture Network

It designs its own glasses, and sells directly to customers, cutting out the middleman and keeping prices low. Related: Design Your Office to Fulfill Employees’ Most Basic Needs. Managers take on the role of a coach, more than anything, letting employees set goals and determine how they should be assessed.

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10 Examples of Companies With Fantastic Cultures

Tech Coast Venture Network

It designs its own glasses, and sells directly to customers, cutting out the middleman and keeping prices low. Related: Design Your Office to Fulfill Employees’ Most Basic Needs. Managers take on the role of a coach, more than anything, letting employees set goals and determine how they should be assessed.

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10 Reasons To Start A Company In An Economic Downturn

InfoChachkie

free weekly Infochachkie articles! In this study, the subjects were required to suffer extreme embarrassment, before they were allowed to join a discussion group that, by design, offered little value to its members. John Wooden, US basketball coach. We always say it and I believe it.”. Save Your Timing For Comedy.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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So winning means they’re paying the highest price. When I was reading the Fab.com website I noticed that the CEO refers to Fab’s “one thing” as being design. They’re the place focused on design. They think design wins. I have two articles on the topic: 1. Make fund raising a habit.

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