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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. From the article: Mithril had its best moment yet last week when a portfolio company, Auris Health, sold to Johnson & Johnson for more than $3 billion — returning at least $500 million to the fund. How can you practice timing? Ditto people you met a while back.

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Innovation and Geography

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

Both Sides of the Table

We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. TechCrunch article. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Total raised: $56.3mm.

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Scaling Sales: Arming & Aiming – Objection Handling

Both Sides of the Table

The original post of this article on appeared on GigaOm in a more concise version here. As a tech startup grows it needs to develop more process & management if it is to scale. We’ve investing in R&D at a faster rate than the competition which is why we raised $10 million to fund extra development.&#.

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

Both Sides of the Table

But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model. In many ways I think general purpose writing & thinking skills are as valuable as math skills. “Online education is truly going to kill us.”

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Pull Investors to Your Business Plan With a Summary

Startup Professionals Musings

You may have already found several articles, web pages, or books about writing the perfect executive summary. They all offer a list of requirements that might take 50 pages to address, but of course they ask you to write concisely. Do you now have real customers, are just starting development. Business model.

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Why You Need to Ring the Freaking Cash Register

Both Sides of the Table

Because at least while the VC spigot is open and flowing for high-potential individuals that fit a pattern that some VCs seem to favor they can access cheap capital that isn’t terribly dilutive and can use the to fund development and swing for the fences with limited focus on monetization. Should I write off my $2.5