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

Both Sides of the Table

What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle).

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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? Because entrepreneurs often went to lawyers at their earliest stages to get their company registration done. I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle).

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5 Strategies For Business Growth Many People Forget

Startup Professionals Musings

Just ask former big brand companies, like Blockbuster, Kodak, Lehman Brothers, and Sears, what happened to them. Competitors tend to focus on price and other variations to existing offerings. Rather than rely only on linear thinking, the best entrepreneurs are always looking to offer in parallel a more dramatic new alternative.

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Don’t Try to “Pull an Instagram.” Here’s Why …

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What I want to talk about today is one of the insider baseball discussions of our industry this past week: The odd fact of the $500 million financing round completed just before the company sold for a B. ” In this week’s discussion with entrepreneurs I think the word impending wasn’t used often enough. Let me explain.

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Interview with Andrew Schydlowsky, TrackStreet: Brand Protection Using AI

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We work with those companies, who tend to know a lot about what happens with their product in the retail sense, but who tend to lose track of what is happening with their products on the Internet. Once you have that data, you can make strategic plans and executive, and start growing and driving your sales.

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OC Technology Influencer Mixer & Summit 2011

Tech Coast Venture Network

Guest luminaries from the start-up, entrepreneurial, funding, technology and political worlds will mingle with local entrepreneurs and business leaders to discuss the current state of small business innovation and advancement in the Orange Coast. The price increases to $65 after April 23rd and $125 at the door. REGISTER AT: [link].

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7 Growth Choices That Can Make or Break Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

As the Global Customer Growth Evangelist at Salesforce, with implementation roles at many other companies, she makes a host of relevant observations for every business owner. These days, customers remember the total experience with a company longer than they remember the price they paid. Don’t let it be yours.