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Create An Industry Alliance Entrepreneurs: Need Friends On The Startup Playground

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Entrepreneurs can emulate de la Guerra’s strategy and make their adVenture appear far larger than reality and thus increasing its influence and market reach while discouraging competitive threats by creating an industry alliance. As noted in Corporate Venturing , startups should pursue allies who have a vested interest in their success.

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The Coming Shift in Enterprise Software

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In all my time investing I have never seen such a senior revenue officer join a company at this stage. To watch a young company win 1,000+ seat deals at Global 100 companies at this stage of development has been simply stunning. If you’re a consumer software company your buyer is your user. Why Invest?

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. I’ve always been a big believer that just a couple of key individuals make all of the difference in a company’s success. Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference.