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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

InfoChachkie

In most cases, I provide some combination of the following advice: Brevity - Maximum length: two pages. No VC Fit - Match your venture with appropriate funding source. Hopefully this straightforward format will help you avoid overly obtuse verbiage, while keeping your executive summary to two pages. The Company.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Wireframes?

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? Major Phases / Major Features - What are the major features in the major phases for the product? What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Wireframes?

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

Both Sides of the Table

My firm, GRP Partners, invested in the company that innovated this entire category – Overture (formerly known as GoTo.com). I believe it is the new form of RSS – the place people go to find out what is happening in the latest news. I covered that topic in my Twitter is RSS post. Thus, we click!

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Avoid Death By PowerPoint – Create Slides That Don’t Suck

InfoChachkie

If you are a startup seeking funding, convey your company's origins, your current status and your ideal exit. Slides Are Not Art - Compelling images are important, but ensure that your message is not overcome by design and production elements. What's Your Story? Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Share and Enjoy.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

InfoChachkie

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. Upon graduation from Wharton, John and Kyle launched a startup based upon a simple, pedestrian product: a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. And as a result we have bred a culture of companies that have been quite innovative on making money. Thats not Los Angeles.