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Get this newsletter in your inbox every Thursday by subscribing on TechCrunch’s newsletter page. Levie explained to us how he manages to walk the fine line of being a crypto critic without landing in the bulls’ bad books. . In tradfi, investors can specialize based on products (e.g. crash redux. follow the money.

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

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I like the summary of the competitive reality in a new book, “ Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age ,” by Ram Charan, who relates a wealth of current experience from global clients: Customers expect a personalized experience. Algorithms and data are required to compete. These tolerate negative cash flows for growth.

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Interview with Mike Whitmire, CEO and Co-founder, FloQast

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One of the really cool part of this company, is we are a company of accountants, and we've built close management software for accountants, by accountants, which helps them close their books faster and more accurately. Mike Whitmire: It's all about product, market, fit. We have a product that people love.

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7 Attributes of An Entrepreneur's Startup Dream Team

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Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. Investors all know that the startup road is long and hard, so they look for people who have put and will continue to put “skin in the game” -- time, sweat equity, and money. Focus on prior results, not titles.

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Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch

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As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. Solution product & technology. Opportunity sizing.

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Carving An Internet Niche With FamousBirthdays.com

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On every profile page, we have a like button, plus we also have a search box. When people search for a celebrity birthday, or like a profile page, we count that as a vote. We also sold one of our largest sites to a private equity firm in the real estate niche, and narrowed our focus down to FamousBirthdays.com.

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Limit an Investor Pitch to 10 Pages and 10 Minutes

Startup Professionals Musings

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. Solution product & technology. Opportunity sizing.

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