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5 Tips For New Entrepreneurs Needing Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. For the more traditional investor, or for that chance meeting in a real elevator or meeting, you need a two-page brochure (two-sided page).

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The Perils of Shiny New Objects

Both Sides of the Table

In today’s uber-connected, social media, everything-is-public, people tell you there’s killing it with these new features, investor & mentor whiplash – it’s hard to avoid the latest thing. 4 months later every f **g product I see looks like Pinterest. Facebook Fan Pages launch. The new thing.

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10 Strategies For Reducing Your Business Load At Work

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Multiple pages of work items won’t get done anyway. Discuss the tough ones with a mentor. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity.

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7 Ways Investors Assess Your Focus As An Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience as a business mentor, one of the biggest challenges I see is a failure to focus. This culture is best maintained by every business leader at every stage of company maturity. Every investor will tell you that they invest in the person, more than the product, because they have learned that people with focus find success.

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DataPop Gets $1.7M

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in a Series A funding round, the company said this morning. The company's technology allows search marketers to automatically create more relevant search ads, which result in a better response rate than a standard generic ad. DataPop was founded Jason Lehmbeck and John Zimmerman, both of whom have been at Overture and Yahoo!

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10 Ways To Manage The Stress From Your New Company

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the most common complaints I hear from entrepreneurs is that they are overwhelmed by the workload and stress of starting their company. Multiple pages of work items won’t get done anyway. Discuss the tough ones with a mentor. Don’t let it lead to anger and frustration, or loss of productivity.

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11 Quick Tips to Get More Value out of Your Board

Both Sides of the Table

In short the board is there to represent the interest of all shareholders (big & small) of the company and all other stakeholders (debt, creditors, employees, etc.). The board’s job is to review the company’s financial performance and strategy and help provide counsel to the executive team.

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