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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010.

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I Know Everybody Told You to Send Your Fund-Raising Decks as a Link.

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There are a million ways to make graphics lighter or resize your file without a huge impact on the quality of the slides?—?after Summary: Send the Deck Pitch decks are sales & marketing decks and like in any sales activity, any great sales person assumes his or her competition will eventually get their deck. A deck is a deck.

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How to Prepare for a Board Meeting to Make Sure you Crush It

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The deck itself was produced by a committee of functional team lead who were asked to do 5–7 slides each for an update. Each section head reads his / her 5–7 slides. If you put up 5 slides on “what should we order for lunch today” the board will spend 30 minutes debating that. There are too many pages. It passes the weight test.

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8 Ways An Investor Pitch Differs From A Product Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

When pitching to investors, entrepreneurs always seem to start with a customer pitch, then add a slide or two about the business. In reality, they need a separate pitch about the business, carrying over only a slide or two about the solution. Competitor positioning and sustainable competitive advantage.

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"Pull Management" vs. "Push Management" systems (v1.0)

CEO Flow

The internet has changed business – in helpful and challenging ways: * We have more information and metrics – and more confusion from all the clutter. * The brute force methods that used to work so well, such as “work harder,&# “hire more,&# “spend more&# aren’t true strategic or competitive advantages.

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"Pull Management" vs. "Push Management" systems (v1.0)

CEO Flow

The internet has changed business – in helpful and challenging ways: * We have more information and metrics – and more confusion from all the clutter. * The brute force methods that used to work so well, such as “work harder,&# “hire more,&# “spend more&# aren’t true strategic or competitive advantages.

Metrics 66
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“Pull Management” vs. “Push Management” systems (v1.0)

CEO Flow

The internet has changed business – in helpful and challenging ways: * We have more information and metrics – and more confusion from all the clutter. * The brute force methods that used to work so well, such as “work harder,&# “hire more,&# “spend more&# aren’t true strategic or competitive advantages.

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