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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Jeff Carmody, Co-Founder of Agility Capital and a successful institutional investor, provided me with the outline shown below. Capitalization. I promise I will never tweet you a crazy personal opinion or tell you about that killer burrito I just ate. A restaurant is a generally appropriate for a bank, but not an Angel investor.

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JULY 18, 2012

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. The company was always seeking capital. As an entrepreneur, my greatest lesson learned here was how difficult it is to find capital for a services business.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

You control substantial amounts of capital, have tremendous autonomy, a flexible work schedule and you get to play Santa by bestowing financial gifts upon worthy entrepreneurs. In contrast, an Angel Investor is someone who invests their own capital. Just as unproven startups struggle to raise capital, so do newly minted venture firms.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Venture Capital is a game of pattern matching. Bruce Willis deals command hefty valuations, as new injections of capital are typically applied to growing a self-sustaining business, rather than funding an ongoing burn rate. Before you seek investment capital, do what you can to remove the hair from your venture. Share and Enjoy.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Numerous innovators capitalized upon them as well, creating dozens of multi-billion-dollar enterprises. I promise I will never Tweet about cars, caviar or that killer burrito I just ate. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS.

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DECEMBER 3, 2012

Lean startups must similarly leverage free promotion, as they seldom have adequate capital to outspend their competitors and cut through the ever-present market "noise.". After initially selling about 500 copies, a Boston DJ played Louie, Louie as the "Worst Record Of The Week." The game ultimately generated over $24 million.

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MARCH 18, 2013

This approach allows such investors to rapidly deploy and diversity their capital. I promise I will never tweet about the Clueless Angel Investors or tell you about that killer burrito I just ate. . Implicitly represented in the above matrix is a fifth Angel type that abides by the "Sounds Good" school of investing.

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JULY 23, 2012

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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JANUARY 14, 2013

o Assess Budget - The Say Yes salespeople are straightforward about determining the bride's budget at the outset of the sales process. Whenever I pitch a group of people, I always take the time at the outset to learn a bit about each participant. Successful salespeople know that prospects buy from people they like. Share and Enjoy.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. It was suddenly now not only about whom I was connected to, but who they knew and how I could get access to them. But what is magic about Twitter is that it is real time.

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MARCH 27, 2011

This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this.

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JULY 9, 2013

Even with the upcoming Obama tax hikes, (relatively) favorable tax treatment of capital gains will allow you to retain a greater portion of the wealth you have helped to create. Bringing capital to the adVenture effectively offsets the incremental cost of adding you to the team. Share and Enjoy.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

For instance, if you anticipate that your venture will require $10 million of investor capital over its life, an exit below $50 million is unlikely to be acceptable target to most VCs. Let’s talk about how we can exceed your proposed salary by devising a performance-based compensation plan tied to measurable objectives.”.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic that I must immediately spend some of my precious capital to protect it. I promise I will never Tweet about celebrities, reality TV or that killer burrito I just ate. Secure Your Intellectual Property Too Early. You can follow my startup-oriented Twitter feed here: @johngreathouse.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Incremental energy is derived from the system’s environment, defined in business terms as: financial capital, talented employees, partnerships, market clout, etc. I promise I will never tweet about rainbows, unicorns or that killer burrito I just ate. Organizations Are Subject To The First Law Of Thermodynamics. Share and Enjoy.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

.” The new mansion will reportedly be inhabited mostly by Tyler, who will use it as his home base while launching West Coast operations of the brothers’ new NYC-based venture capital firm , Winklevoss Capital. Feel free to directly email us at tips@techcrunch.com. About & Staff. Guest Column.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. Listening to young people talk about social networking as a new phenomenon is a bit like hearing people talk about a remake of a famous song from my youth as though it was the original version.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

For instance, if you anticipate that your venture will require $10 million of investor capital over its life, an exit below $50 million is unlikely to be acceptable target to most VCs. Let’s talk about how we can exceed your proposed salary by devising a performance-based compensation plan tied to measurable objectives.”.

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MAY 6, 2012

Our Best Interviews Via Email: Monthly. Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS. We are about to head on a four-month, 48-state road trip to help people across America bring their ideas to life and shine the light on some of the amazing entrepreneurs and communities. Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Heres 5 steps to start exploring: View the "Best Of" list with 50+ essays on viral marketing, gaming, and ads » Get introduced: About this blog, why entrepreneurs and marketers recommend it » Receive updates by email or RSS feed or Twitter. Block email. Block email. See the books I recommend to friends.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Not all bots are benign however.Some bots go through your website looking for web forms and email addresses to send you spam. Im just saying this so that youdont get your hopes too high about what you can actually achieve. Note that the word "SpammerRobot"can be in any mixture of capital (uppercase) or small (lowercase) letters.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last summer, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss—twins best known for suing Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, and who recently formed a venture-capital firm—bought an 8,000-square-foot bachelor pad in the Hollywood Hills for $18 million. The units, asking $500,000 to $2 million, hit the market in about a month.

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MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. In this series, we talk to leading figures in those communities about what makes them tick. startup scene so hot. What makes L.A.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

People are much more likely to buy into you as a person and us as a firm when they’ve been involved in a discussion with you about their problems, your solutions, who else has been using your product, etc. It’s a valid concern and we worry about it, too. They might even like to challenge some of your assumptions.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Chris Dixon , September 12, 2010 My most useful career experience was about eight years ago when I was trying to break into the world of VC-backed startups. Four Minutes In The Morning - Feld Thoughts , September 1, 2010 Amy and I created a tradition about a decade ago we call “four minutes in the morning.&# Hybrid monetization.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. And it is most certainly not about me, it is about the CTO, the technology and the company. Click to email him.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. I know it sounds crazy because you’re talking about friends or colleagues here. And you’re probably right. Pick the founding members. Research your market.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

November 23, 2010 Entrepreneurs, Using Outsourcing to Obtain Capital Efficiency Needs to be Thought Through to be Effective - Robert Ochtel , June 7, 2010 Teen Entrepreneur, Brian Wong, Youngest Founder to Receive Angel Funding - teenentrepreneurblog.com , October 28, 2010 Build Your Own Silicon Valley? First Principles.

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MARCH 1, 2010

I’m not talk about the age old debate amongst investors whether you back entrepreneurs, markets or products (or as people like to hedge – product / market fit). Today’s post is about my investment thesis. He was telling me about a deal he had done. I believe in my bones that entrepreneurs shouldn’t “over raise” capital.

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