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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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The book is a layman’s guide to understanding how we as humans make decisions and is underpinned by data-oriented studies to prove his claims. Angels are writing smaller checks so they typically don’t want the overhead of complex analysis in order to make their decision. From there Rob decided to make a small investment.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Either it’s a bunch of pictures or screen shots or it’s a bunch of words. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. Is that when it became big?

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How Many Investors Should You Talk to in a VC Fund Raise? And How Do You Prioritize?

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I always tell founders … “An investors job is to deploy capital and make a return. For simplicity I’ll assume you’ve raised some money from angels or seed investors and you’re either raising an A round or a B round of venture capital. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them.

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Want to Know What Marc Andreessen’s Magic on Twitter is? Hint: It’s Not Tweetstorming

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I never asked Marc why he stopped blogging but I presume it is some combo of having started a venture capital firm (which you might guess takes a bit of time) and also allowing some air time for his then-less-well-known compadre. ” He was writing to people. To get on his radar screen. Many people. Any people.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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This has been especially true for angels or seed investors as there is a new thesis that less capital is needed to start Internet companies so more money is being spent at this phase of the funding lifecycle. VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time.