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Outbound VC Dialing Programs – Total Disrespect for Entrepreneurs

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“Hi [entrepreneur], I hope all is well. I’m an investor at [Big Name, Large Fund VC] and recently came across [Your Company]. I’m an investor at [Big Name, Large Fund VC] and recently came across [Your Company]. It's big, well known & we've invested in all of these really cool companies].

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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

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As an entrepreneur and startup investor, I have helped create companies which achieved two IPOs which collectively raised over $100 million, as well as two acquisitions which totaled $385 million. Rationale: My company is small, I am super busy and I am not a lawyer. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”.

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One of the Biggest Mistakes Enterprise Startups Make

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And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. This article initially appeared on TechCrunch. “We want low-touch or zero-touch businesses” was the mantra. I believe it’s flawed. We only want software revenue.”

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The Most Important Panel You’ll Ever Attend | SXSW 2012

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The Most Important Panel You’ll Ever Attend event will be starring an all-star panel of top entrepreneurs from all sorts of industry offering their success to bring on their first 100 paying customers and 1,000 core fans. One mastermind focuses on how to outsource development and programming. That’s a great question.

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The 4 Partners Early-Stage Startups Need

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The startup ecosystem is not just made up of entrepreneurs and investors; it also includes lawyers, bankers, HR and payroll providers as well as financial services providers. Hire professionals to handle the details of company formation paperwork when you first start up. And relying on NDAs is not the answer. Banking Relationship.

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Interview with Kevin Strong, FutureDash

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Kevin Strong: FutureDash is a software company, and our core technology is actually focused on real-time dashboards, primarily for consumers and small businesses. The founder of the company is Allan Hundhausen, who is President of the firm, who started working on the technology three years ago, and incorporated FutureDash about a year ago.

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Pour And Stir II – Managing Your Cost Per Customer

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As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. As Marketing Guru Guy Gabriel of Idea Engineering points out in Max Brand , viral marketing has made many an entrepreneur terminally ill. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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