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JANUARY 22, 2014
So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. I think of VCs as coaches. Summary: Team Leadership skills, operating knowhow and industry knowledge are all tremendously important.
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APRIL 20, 2011
I think you'll enjoy hearing him, but if you're in a rush check out the summary notes below. As a courtesy if you enjoyed his write-up please check out his startup company, ChannelStack. These speakers help coach CEO’s on important executive decisions. Highlights/Lowlights – summary of key events since the last meeting.
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JULY 1, 2010
But I knew that to be a good decision maker I needed first hand knowledge rather than just a summary from my CTO. By the time of my second company MySQL was a much more robust solution and worked well when you had to read a lot of information but was less performant on “write&# activities. Skipping is insidious.
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MAY 19, 2018
I hired a sales coach named Kai Krickle who helped me figure out how to close more deals. He told me to stop responded to RFPs where I wasn’t the person who helped write the specs for the RFPs. Summary I hope I’ve been able to persuade you that data rooms are waste. I’d be grateful if you could prioritize it.
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MAY 25, 2013
In the original version of his post, Andy writes. And Coach Campbell. I’ve heard directly from top executives that Jeff Bezos (in my opinion the most talented person in the tech industry) has received his fair share of VC coaching in the early years. In Summary. They see how hard she does her job. I am now a VC.
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DECEMBER 16, 2010
For extroverted people I recommend that entrepreneurs have an “executive summary&# slide up front that cuts to the chase. In this case I recommend the “executive summary&# version but not going into a “deep dive&# on the answer until you hit the detailed slides. It’s in their personality type.
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JULY 19, 2011
You can certainly get coaching from your VC on how to play the negotiations since they do it more often than you do. But when they’re trying to get David Pogue, Walt Mossberg or Kara Swisher to write a story for you, they’re also thinking about their other clients – now and in the future. PR firms are the same.
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