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How Many Investors Should You Talk to in a VC Fund Raise? And How Do You Prioritize?

Both Sides of the Table

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them. In sales there are also three rules: Qualify, qualify, qualify.

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

” Part of the beauty of blogging that in two sittings Fred was able to influence what was built over the next 12 months. I’ve wanted to write a blog post called “Mobile Second” for a long time to make this point more forcefully. The power of large screen real estate. Use that as a source of competition.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I later learned one of my biggest lesson in sales. They decided to re-open the competition for 3-4 more weeks.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I later learned one of my biggest lesson in sales. They decided to re-open the competition for 3-4 more weeks.

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How to Handle a VC Presentation with No Deck

Both Sides of the Table

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. And did I really just try to drop an SAT word into my blog post? In reading the comments on Bijan’s blog and having discussed this so many times, I know some entrepreneurs only want to talk with VCs that think that Powerpoint causes leprosy. Mobile app? Beautifully written.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. 50 Ways to Expose Yourself to Randomness - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , May 16, 2010 Cal Newport's three step way to become interesting: 1.

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10 Tests of Your Modern Entrepreneur Lingo Savvy

Startup Professionals Musings

Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Responsive web technology that re-sizes text and images to fit any screen is the norm with new websites. Super-angels. Social mobile web.