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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

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If you’ve got the skills to be a strong entrepreneur then it shouldn’t be too difficult to find people who know a partner at a VC firm and if you can build relationship with them you can get introduced. Most entrepreneurs (and VCs raising from LPs) think this means progress. Entrepreneur : “Sure. Some people find this elitist?—?I

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Entrepreneur’s Don’t Think Enough. Here’s What You Can Do About It …

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Conferences. And I get flooded with legal docs, end-of-quarter financial administration, recruiting, whatever. Now, I’m pretty on the record that being an entrepreneur is about being great at The Do. I was at the Lobby Conference a few weeks ago in Mexico. Board Meetings. I get sucked up in “Do” mode.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

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It’s been my experience that the more focused and intimate events far ‘out-perform’ (however you’d like to characterize it) the mega-conferences. Mark Suster – GRP Partners Mark joined GRP Partners in 2007 after having worked with GRP for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur.

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