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Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. ” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. He built & IPOd Demand Media. Stuff you may not know about LA? Success begets success.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 16, 2010
One of them was about better understanding personality types. This has proved one of the more valuable lessons about meetings I have learned. Ever had a meeting with a CEO who was really short with you, demanded the answer quickly and was fidgety while you spoke? Don’t dwell on this slide for ever. REALLY quickly.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
Thus, I’m more impressed with entrepreneurs who ask me to review their implementation plan, rather than listen again to their idea. I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 18, 2010
As individuals we have choices about how we spend our time. I have always been good at prioritizing what is important but bad about starting my work early enough. There is something about the adrenaline rush of being under time pressure that excites us and teases out our creativity. Internally I was a wreck.
socalTECH
APRIL 26, 2017
Explain what's special about Echo's microscopes, and what's your background? One, is an upright, traditional looking microscopes, where you look at glass slides. Talk about how the company is backed? However, once we start talking about things like fluorescence, I think we quickly lose about 95 percent of the audience.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2020
As an advisor to new hardware entrepreneurs, I often hear the myth that a business plan is no longer required to find an investor, if your idea is good enough. What you don’t realize is these famous investors only deal with entrepreneurs who sold their last company for a $100M dollars or more.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 21, 2014
For what ever reason we’re wired to have amnesia during the run up and prescient memories of how we ‘knew it all along’ as soon as the slide begins. I’m always paranoid about shelfware. I’m paranoid about the evaporation of revenue. I wrote about The Importance of Professional Services here.
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