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

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What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering.

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. Did we really have good change management procedures if we were willing to launch products without backward compatibility.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. Did we really have good change management procedures if we were willing to launch products without backward compatibility.

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How I Lost 65 Pounds In 18 Months Without Any Fad Diets or Gimmicks

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Why Many Diets Don’t Work Before I tell you my plan I want to tell you that I do believe generally in avoiding most carbs, wheat products, grains, etc. an “accountability coach” (or accountability friend). I will pay the price on the scale in the morning but so be it. There’s a term for this?—?an You manage what you measure.

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Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. Did we really have good change management procedures if we were willing to launch products without backward compatibility.

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7 Startup Lessons from NBA Finals

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But Spurs coach, Gregg Popovich used his many years of experience to deliberate a plan that was well executed and surprised even the experts in the game, leading the underdog team to a Game 7 against the defending champions. Heat coach, Eric Spoelstra adapted to what the Spurs were doing because their initial game plan was not working.

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