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6 Steps To Raising Venture Capital – Hint: Preparation Matters More Than Your Pitch

InfoChachkie

The steps outlined below represent an ideal approach to raising capital from sophisticated investors. Judiciously comment on articles they post to LinkedIn, retweet their tweets, vote up one of their Quora posts and establish a Google Alert on them and their firm. Unfortunately, your fundraising efforts will be less linear.

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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

InfoChachkie

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. Avoid too much specificity, as you may risk sounding like yet another startup that is, “Waiting For Google.” Avoid stating a specific exit value.

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Commission Junction Co-Founder Lex Sisney Applies A Scientific Approach To Analyzing Your Business

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As Co-Founder and CEO of Commission Junction, Lex grew the company from two employees to become the de facto leader in the world of affiliate marketing, beating Google in the process. To this day, Commission Junction remains the dominant player despite Google's significant investment of time, money and resources. Share and Enjoy.

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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

InfoChachkie

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. Avoid too much specificity, as you may risk sounding like yet another startup that is, “Waiting For Google.” Avoid stating a specific exit value.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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[asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 MySpace vowed not to create anymore big successes off of their backs that Google could then acquire. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly.

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Go West Young Men: Winklevoss Twins Buy $18M L.A. Mansion To Dive Into SoCal Tech Scene

SoCal Delicious

” 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. Download the TechCrunch App for Android in Google Play. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

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Clash of the Titans: Google joins Apple, Microsoft in announcing new tablets (and more). Venture capital. Google Plus. Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs was named one of Fortune’s 10 Brilliant Technology Visionaries for 2012 alongside the great and powerful Oz’s of Apple and Google. Star Trek Contest. Primary Menu.