Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2019

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). There you were ushered into a gorgeously appointed conference room for a precise amount of time with a serious-looking partner. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2014

But for Angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). There you were ushered into a gorgeously appointed conference room for a precise amount of time with a serious-looking partner. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2017

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). There you were ushered into a gorgeously appointed conference room for a precise amount of time with a serious-looking partner. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

The actual investment professionals (partners) are too busy to call companies that they’re interested in so they basically outsource it. But how can you really outsource judgment to young, smart people who have often never worked in businesses? What disrespect they show founders / CEOs with these programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

But for Angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). There you were ushered into a gorgeously appointed conference room for a precise amount of time with a serious-looking partner. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). There you were ushered into a gorgeously appointed conference room for a precise amount of time with a serious-looking partner. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. I gave them advice I don’t think they were expecting from a VC, “Don’t raise venture capital for this business. Yet you can run a conference and mint money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2010

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). There you were ushered into a gorgeously appointed conference room for a precise amount of time with a serious-looking partner. Don’t be afraid to use some mercenaries to back you up (outsourcing, consultants).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Startup Grind was a truly awesome conference and Derek the consumate host. And I have been impressed with Steven Kaplan and others at University of Chicago (my alma mater), who have been encouraging entrepreneurship through the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship , through angel investing , seed conferences and changes in teaching.

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ▼ August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

where her clients included global leaders in the outsourcing and telecom sectors and a number of prominent non-profits. Managing Director of FirstMark Capital, a $2 billion VC fund focusing on investments in the emerging media & advertising and data & analytics sectors. Rick Heitzmann.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. Say you want some code that does X. Want to be Mercenary? Final Thought.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

Startup 40

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. Competing To Win Deals - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 7, 2010 The venture capital business is highly competitive.

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