10-mistakes 
Tech Zulu Event
MARCH 1, 2013
Work closely with a trusted financial partner and dig deep into your books to avoid these cashflow mistakes: Not using a GAAP accounting system. You need an accounting system in place that helps you keep track of money in, money out. Unfortunately for those entrepreneurs who aren’t “number people,” a budget is never one and done.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 4, 2016
The good news is that everyone expects entrepreneurs to make mistakes, since founders explore uncharted territory. In fact, investors recognize that founders usually learn more from mistakes than from success, so a well-explained startup failure can improve their odds of funding the next time around.
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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 22, 2012
It’s a well-accepted axiom in the investor community that entrepreneurs learn more from their failures than their successes. Yet, there is no doubt that the best strategy is to learn from someone else’s mistakes, so you can enjoy the millions that someone else lost in learning. Don’t focus too much on the competition.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 6, 2018
The best entrepreneurs in our industry focus on it year-round as opposed to just once every 18 months. So you might hear 9–10 “no’s” in the early stretches of your fund raising process. You’ve lost your swagger because after 10 “no’s” you assume that everybody is going to see the same potential flaws in your business.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 12, 2011
It’s a well-accepted axiom in the investor community that entrepreneurs learn more from their failures than their successes. Yet, there is no doubt that the best strategy is to learn from someone else’s mistakes, so you can enjoy the millions that someone else lost in learning. Don’t focus too much on the competition.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2018
If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. In terms of stack ranking I recommend you force yourself to have no more than 8–10 “A’s,” 8–10 “B’s” and the balance 20–24 should be “C’s.”
Jason Nazar
APRIL 2, 2016
The following checklist is my comprehensive criteria for how to grade entrepreneurs. I’ve developed it over the years by running Docstoc and helping thousands of folks start and grow their businesses. I, like many entrepreneurs, never followed directions that well. Make their product different and better than the competition.
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