Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2013
I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. It will affect your ability to get the right jobs and promotions as well as your ability to attract talent and capital.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 24, 2011
If you're familiar with YCombinator or TechStars, you know that companies also get access to a deep network of top tier mentors and advisors, who help them with a variety of things, such as product marketing, go-to-market, and funding. We're providing seed funding, office space, and put them through a three month, structured program.
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JUNE 27, 2011
Most people totally advise against stealth. I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans. He considered pulling out of the event because he wanted to stay in “stealth mode&# and felt an event like this compromised him.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
I had a picture in the office of my first company with the logo above and the capital letters JFDI. (In I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. He was stuck on capital raising.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital. This isn’t a story about Black Swan events. It isn’t even a story about raising venture capital or M&A. Don’t over shop – If the deal you’re involved with involves raising venture capital or selling your company you naturally want some competition. Any deal.
Frank Addante
JUNE 4, 2006
► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Venture Capital Funding 7. I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit.
Frank Addante
MAY 15, 2006
► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? ► October (1) New Video! . I'm 30, now will you take me seriously? Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?
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