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

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I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. I spent time on college campuses. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. I spent time on college campuses. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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To build applications we needed databases (Oracle), browsers (Netscape), servers (Sun Microsystems), storage (EMC), security (Semantic), application servers (Apache), caching software, load balancers, hosting facilities, programming languages and methods, CDNs, DSL equipment, Wifi routers and so forth.

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Improving Sales: The Excuse Departement is Closed

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So I did want any rational person who wants to improve does – I hired a coach. I’ve talked many times on my blog about how they’re the lifeblood of most businesses – even those that pretend like they’re above it all. That stuff is for Oracle or IBM. You’re a startup.

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