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5 Steps To Get You From Your First Idea To A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

That’s why I caution my aspiring entrepreneur clients against proclaiming to investors that they are a great “idea” person. His challenge is to focus on one market, with a specific design, cost, and price. Build your own personal brand image through blogging, industry forums, and networking.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. Entrepreneurial lawyers like Don Lee , Dave Young or Ted Wang are good at sussing out which entrepreneurs are high potential. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I did speaking gigs.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. Entrepreneurial lawyers like Don Lee , Dave Young or Ted Wang are good at sussing out which entrepreneurs are high potential. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I did speaking gigs.

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Do VC Platforms Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth. The new war for platforms has mostly been waged by Andreessen Horowitz who have raised astounding amounts of capital and therefore had the fees to put into providing more services for entrepreneurs.

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8 Keys To Providing Consulting Services To Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

A client relationship suggests that the consultant is in charge, whereas the customer designation recognizes the more modern model of the customer in control. There are expert blogs and curation sites, like this one, covering every aspect of business and leadership. Treat a startup as a customer, not a client.

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Interview with Milo Sindell, Knowledge Genie

socalTECH

Essentially, it guides the author through a four step process to design, build, test, and publish their creation. If you're an expert in a certain technology--say, business process design--and have thought about publishing a book, this is a quicker, faster, and more comprehensive way to share it with the world.

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Got 2020 Clear Vision?

Daradiction

They were true to their passion around design and quality, and this has generated countless wins and amazing experiences. All champions have coaches. His blogs are a great place to think about what ‘bonfires’ you’d like to build around your personal and corporate brands. Who you gonna call? Got mentors?