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How to Nail a Group Presentation

Both Sides of the Table

So I thought I’d write a piece on how not to suck when you give a presentation. You’re not lecturing to a college class, you’re not at a cocktail party and you’re not chatting with a small group in a board meeting. Help us to get to know him or her. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen.

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GRP Excited to add Sam Rosen to Its Ranks. How Did He Get the Role? Hustle. Here’s the Story.

Both Sides of the Table

When I sit down to write every week I never really imagine what is going to end up resonating the most with people but it seems I’ve most often been defined by my post that I Invest in Lines, not Dots. He was in the inaugural class of 500Startups and became chief evangelist as far as I could tell. Help us review a few deals.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB. I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while and was going to use AngelList by Nivi & Naval as the basis for my example and the perfect prompt came yesterday when I read Fred Wilson’s blog post on AngelList.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

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Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. The reduction in screen size has made the economic model of Internet advertising totally inefficient. But it still is a major force and it ain’t going away.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. And of course we had, TheMan.

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

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Just 20 years old and a recent Harvard University dropout, Olenka provided insight into her transition to Los Angeles, life as an entrepreneur, and how she’s passionate about helping non-English speakers see American movies in their own native language. Skip classes. What problem were you trying to solve? You have deliverables.

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Quickly Enable Social Logins with JanRain Engage

SoCal Delicious

Adding the Widget On the "Get the Widget" screen, youll be asked for your token URL. A Helpful Login Class Some code examples are provided by JanRain Engage. With this in mind, I created a class that might be useful. Dont forget to complete the class - look for the @todo tags. This can be changed later.