InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

As an entrepreneur, I helped create companies which achieved two IPOs and two trade sales totaling $385 million. Public relations at a startup is a sales process. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Thus, you have negotiating leverage as long as a legitimate, competitive threat exists.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Consider the situation in which the entrepreneur wants to accept a financially life-changing offer to sell her company which is vetoed by the investor because the price does not meet its minimal investment return criteria. For instance, in a company’s early stages, it might be prudent for a Founder to lead the company’s sales efforts.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Consider the situation in which the entrepreneur wants to accept a financially life-changing offer to sell her company which is vetoed by the investor because the price does not meet its minimal investment return criteria. For instance, in a company’s early stages, it might be prudent for a Founder to lead the company’s sales efforts.

Entrepreneur 145

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

Send them a private message via Twitter or Quora that contains a compelling link relevant to their investment focus. Step 4: Reconnaissance Mission, Under Promise – An effective technique for acquiring investment capital is to initially not ask for money. Follow them on Twitter, Quora and become familiar with their Facebook presence.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

What really differentiates us from our competition is the data set we have. Our competition doesn't have that data. We had a list of people who we thought not only had money to invest, but who could give us the smartest money and advice. Versus our competition, our feature set is much more robust and malleable.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. eCommerce is an enormously competitive search term. Do you have sales productivity software? I chose it because I thought it would represent who I am – mostly an entrepreneur but somebody with investment chops.

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