InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group. According to Brad, “I would say my whole universe is probably categorized as guerilla marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

We all could learn a bit more about balance , as Brad Feld has outlined. Dave is terrible with email. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. Many through history became entrepreneurs precisely because they were unemployable. He doesn’t email you.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

One the most frequent questions asked of me by entrepreneurs is, "How can I become a Venture Capitalist?" The inquiry is common because being a VC is (to an entrepreneur, at least) a sexy job. Spend as much time as possible in the company of aspiring and accomplished entrepreneurs. Major League Players Don't Count The Odds.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9. You really should go read Brad Feld's Implied Suspicion Versus Implied Trust. Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9. You really should go read Brad Feld's Implied Suspicion Versus Implied Trust. Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. In response he sent me a competitive analysis. It looked like every competitive analysis I had done for 20 years, (ok maybe better.)

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

The same should be true of an entrepreneur who is attempting to secure money from sophisticated investors. Step 1: The Person, Not The Firm – As Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson make clear in their book Venture Deals , entrepreneurs should identify specific venture partners, rather than target firms as a whole. Prep Steps.

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