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Three Factors Which Intoxicate Venture Capitalists - Why Your Startup Will (Probably) Not Raise Venture Capital Funding

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Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks, details a variety of factors that influence your chances of raising venture funding in this informative interview. I guess no one told him about the medical startups that were purchased by Medtronic, Linvatec, Storz, Mentor, etc., Thanks Mr. Big Firm VC.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

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Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. But how do you actually get the right people to be your mentors?

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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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. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. Has convertible debt won?

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