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How to Improve Your Odds of Getting to Yes with a VC — “Land and Expand”

Both Sides of the Table

Decision Dynamics Each firm makes decisions in different ways so understanding the firm’s decision framework matters. Building models to evaluate the deal and/or reviewing customer files, company financials, business plans, etc. How does the partnership typically make its final investment decisions?

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5 Unfair Advantages To Help You Succeed In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

These authors speak from their own wealth of experience in creating and growing technology startups, marketing, and fundraising. Here are the key elements of the strengths framework they have developed, with my own insights and experience added for your consideration: Money: the capital you have, or can easily raise.

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The Importance of Teams and Why the Best Leaders Cultivate Them

Both Sides of the Table

It is a hugely compelling show because Zakaria covers world issues that will affect all of us in ways that are accessible and with frameworks for processing disparate information. But they also take on issues in science, technology and management. I have a board meeting coming up this week and I just reviewed the agenda.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re a technology startup you need to excel at product, of course. We short-handed this marketing mix as “ the four P’s ” – product, price, promotion and place (distribution) – this was devised in 1960 and while a little bit dated is still a useful framework. It’s worth a quick read.

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Utopia Parkway in LA | Ride-Sharing Revolution

Tech Zulu Event

Competition abounds, mostly in the form of Lyft , another Bay Area-based purveyor of ride-shares. You simply can’t miss Lyft’s cars driving around the city due to its clever marketing ploy of placing big, pink “ carstaches ” on the grill of each car in their fleet. In essence, ride-sharing is carpooling with a technological twist.

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What are the biggest areas of technical risk? What technology research is required? What technologies will we use? What do we need to do to make sure we can survive technical due diligence by investors and partners?

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10 Key Elements Of An Open Leadership Framework Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Charlene Li, in her classic book “ Open Leadership ,” shows leaders how to tap into the power of the social technology revolution and use social media to be “open” while still maintaining control. When done well, an organization’s online community can become a competitive advantage. Open microphone: encouraging participation.

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