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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening. Get your Internet domain name and website.

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10 Funding Quotes Every Entrepreneur Should Skip

Startup Professionals Musings

It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Or worse yet, the entrepreneur is so arrogant that he hasn’t even used Google to figure out he has competition just down the street. Gartner says our market will be $50 billion in 2015.”

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

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Top Ten Red Flags To Avoid With Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

It always amazes me how an entrepreneur can define his market opportunity so broadly, then assess his competition so narrowly in the next breath. Or worse yet, the entrepreneur is so arrogant that he hasn’t even used Google to figure out he has competition just down the street. Gartner says our market will be $50 billion in 2010.”

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. are eliminated during due diligence.

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Interview with Cliff Rees, XCast Labs

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Nobody in our competitive space can do all of those things, because they simply don't control their own destiny, because they don't own their own technology. Instead, we do this for about a $1000 for a site, in HD quality, supporting eight to 10 participants on a 48- or 52-inch screen.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. He started targeting the ad by location and interest, and the number of potential people he was reaching began decreasing on screen (Facebook tells you dynamically). It's a great talk.

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