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

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What price? 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. The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. What stage?

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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

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What price? 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. The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. What stage?

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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

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We had the final terms of our agreement fairly well boxed in within a range of about 5-7% on price and within 30 days on move-in date. I obviously preferred the lowest price and I wanted the latest move-in date. She told me, “start with the price you want but the move in date he wants.&#. I told my agent. She way annoyed.

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

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an “accountability coach” (or accountability friend). I will pay the price on the scale in the morning but so be it. I do this by sending them screen shots of my MyFitnessPal weigh in. There’s a term for this?—?an You manage what you measure. What About Exercise? Eating well > exercising more.

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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. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. No matter how much large clients tell you they want transparency in pricing, they always seem to fall for the same old trick.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. No matter how much large clients tell you they want transparency in pricing, they always seem to fall for the same old trick.

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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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