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

Both Sides of the Table

It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. ” Me?

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Turning the Camera on Chris Dixon

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Chris Dixon is one of my favorite people in tech and writes one of the few blogs I read religiously. 3. We then addressed competition in the context of SiteAdvisor and how it is important for journalists, customers, and the companies themselves. If you don’t read it and you care about tech & entrepreneurship, you should.

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10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy

Startup Professionals Musings

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. Letters of intent or endorsement.

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10 Keys to Startup Traction That Investors Look For

Startup Professionals Musings

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. Letters of intent or endorsement.

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What’s it Like Being a VC?

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I get to do a deep dive on their business model, product roadmap and competitive positioning. When your site crashes and you get slammed by customers and in the press – you’re all in the sh*tter together. I’ll write about that in a couple of weeks. I get to choose what I write about.

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These 10 Steps Will Make Your Startup Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. Letters of intent or endorsement.

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Ten Tips for Business Traction to Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. Letters of intent or endorsement.

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