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JUNE 13, 2018

Remember that the goal of an email to a VC or an introduction from a trusted mutual connection is simply to get you the meeting. You want to send just enough to get the meeting (and of course a great deck sells better than a long email) and not so long that you don’t leave a chance to wow the person in your actual meeting. Compelling.

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Venture Capital Slides Email Startup 261

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MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. after all you aren’t presenting this at TED. What should be in your deck?

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Funding Venture Capital IP Email 239

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! NDAs or Other Protection So you decide you want to be able to share with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. False Confidence.

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Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! NDAs or Other Protection So you decide you want to be able to share with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. False Confidence.

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Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

- SoCal CTO , January 13, 2010 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 9 Reasons Why Many Smart People Go Nowhere - Life Beyond Code , March 29, 2010 No Accounting For Startups - Steve Blank , February 22, 2010 Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets - OnStartups , January (..)

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

This post was prompted by an email exchange I had with a young entrepreneur. And VC’s are tough customers. If you have beta customers, new pricing plans, different positioning, more market insights, good press coverage – whatever – these are all signs that the ball is moving forward. What about Product / IP?

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Startup Venture Capital Invest Slides 360