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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

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The other quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. It’s a Demo Day thing. We are judging how well you are coached on stage. Do you have good quips?

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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” The other Paul Graham quote from the article is this: “The other thing they say is that they can’t tell on Demo Day which are the good start-ups. So I stand by my well-read Quora post of why I don’t attend demo days. It’s a Demo Day thing. We are judging how well you are coached on stage.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

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Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. Marco Zappacosta served up an cogent, business focused and nicely demo’d pitch of their product. would acknowledge – they needed to get to the demo more quickly. As I’m sure Pip.io

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DODGERS Announce Newest Accelerator Companies

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The companies are: Greenfly transforms the relationships of organizations into powerful networks for content creation and distribution. ShotTracker with its innovative “ShotTracker TEAM” solution, affordably captures real-time stats for basketball teams, yielding powerful analytics for coaches, players and fans.

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StartupWeekend Next Teaches Teams How to Level Up

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The creators of the renowned StartupWeekend — a place where random ad hoc teams work frantically for 54 hours to build a demo of a new business and then complete for fame and fortune — have picked up where StartupWeekend left off and have birthed a new course for entrepreneurs who need to level up called StartupWeekend Next.

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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Silicon Beach Fest covers more than 30 topics that uniquely reflect LA’s strengths, including: Investors, Entrepreneurship, Entertainment, Games, Social Media, Digital Content, Advertising Technology, Design UX/UI, Fashion, and more. June 19: TechZulu Penthouse at ROC: TechZulu will livestream interviews and provide a place to network.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. They’re the place focused on design. They think design wins.

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