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6 Guidelines For How And When To Use Non-Disclosures

Startup Professionals Musings

First of all, I will admit that there is some risk involved with talking to any potential investors, even with an agreement, just as there is risk in all the elements of your plan, product and market opportunity. The same is true for people who may approach you at networking events or industry conferences. Build trust first.

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6 Tips For When And How To Disclose Your Startup Idea

Startup Professionals Musings

First of all, I will admit that there is some risk involved with talking to any potential investors, even with an agreement, just as there is risk in all the elements of your plan, product and market opportunity. The same is true for people who may approach you at networking events or industry conferences. Build trust first.

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8 Ways That Blogging Will Kickstart Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

More important, if someone does find your site, the content better be enticing enough for them to come back. Blogging is one of the best ways to do this and build a brand, even before you have a product or service. I see too many investor pitches, and even executive summaries that ramble on for many pages without a clear message.

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Avoid Death By PowerPoint – Create Slides That Don’t Suck

InfoChachkie

The other is for the content to standalone, allowing a reader to effectively review the slides without the benefit of a speaker's insights. We were talking about an upcoming conference when he declared, "I hate PowerPoint. You should also note your copyright ownership, depending on the nature of your content.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We started building the product 18 months ago so we are in better shape than 99% of start-ups. Page 1: Market Size. $3 It was sort of like Twitter’s list of who you follow but much, much smaller.

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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

Both Sides of the Table

Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google. In many ways that might be one way to interpret even Facebook where Sheryl stepped in as COO but by all accounts ran much of Facebook for a few years (other than product). Much less has been said about when the technical CEO is the best person to run the company.

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Chill.com | A Place To Chill And Watch Online Video

Tech Zulu Event

After you sign up for an account, super easy if you have a Facebook account, you are taken to a page with available lounges for you to view video. I was inspired by the combination of content, social networking and gaming. People should have better ways to meet and discover new people and content. There’s no reason.

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