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The Importance of Realism in Startups

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It’s only 12 minutes long and if you’re a first-time entrepreneur (or second time, frankly) I encourage you to watch it if for nothing else than to get a sense that your struggles are universal. Stop reading their press releases or hearing their founder talk about he is crushing it. ” We learn from mistakes.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

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It’s what life was like as an entrepreneur. But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. But this is nothing like the stress of being an entrepreneur. What’s it really like being an entrepreneur? I’m reminded of this feeling.

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The Valuable Unsung Heroes of Startups

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But a couple of people replied with responses of such lack of comprehension that I thought it was worth expanding on for first-time entrepreneurs. Successful entrepreneurs achieve much through their personal leadership traits that inspire others to do great things with them – sure. EXECUTIVE COACHES. Not possible.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

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Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, And when the press releases and the attaboys wear off it still comes down to real work. And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences. Web Summit.

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Should You Bother Targeting the Tech Blogs for Your PR Campaigns?

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After that a meme developed amongst many startups (and the advisors that coached them) that, “TechCrunch didn’t matter. I mostly like to have coverage in the tech press where most of my customers (entrepreneurs) and business partners (other VCs) are. You should focused on getting coverage where your users are.”

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above).

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Understanding the Politics of Tech Startups

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It’s why I called out the importance of “executive coaches” in this post. Given how important people management is it’s surprising more of us don’t have group coaches. Look at many of the high profile companies you know and you can trace some press coverage of high-profile blow-ups in team members.

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