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Combustion Matters More Than Scale

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Scaling also requires: (i) adequate capital, (ii) an infrastructure that supports internal operations and the efficient and economical delivery of the company''s value proposition, and (iii) an execution, process-oriented executive team. I promise I will never tweet about campfire stories or that killer burrito I just ate.

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What The Heck Does “Traction” Really Mean To A VC?

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Once people who do not know you and have no vested interest in your company's success begin expending their time, money and resources to leverage your value proposition, you are gaining traction. I don't tweet about unicorns, NBA Memes or photos of food I am about to devour - just startup stuff. . The Inequity Of Validation.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content.

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8 Fundraising Deal Breakers Inexperienced Entrepreneurs Routinely Create

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Some of the most common include: Junked-up Capital Table – A hodgepodge of small investors who may cause potential headaches for management and/or institutional investors. Solution – In most failed ventures, the only asset of value upon dissolution is the company's underlying intellectual property (IP), as further discussed in Worthlesss IP.

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Make It Work- the real story

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Entrepreneurs are inundated with success stories, but far less is written about ventures that do not succeed. It’s simply about a team of dedicated individuals that failed. Make It Work was an amazing company. In doing so, I will assume all of the personally guaranteed loans and lines granted to the company. I was wrong.

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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

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Jeff Carmody, Co-Founder of Agility Capital and a successful institutional investor, provided me with the outline shown below. The Company. Capitalization. I promise I will never tweet you a crazy personal opinion or tell you about that killer burrito I just ate. Real World Executive Summary Template. Opportunity.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

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Rejecting the paint-by-numbers approach to corporate communications deployed by most marketing executives, Brad has embraced unconventional guerilla marketing tactics to help establish his venture capital firm, Foundry Group, as a thought leader in early-stage tech investing. companies should… focus on building amazing products.

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