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Startup Lessons From The Beatles’ Biggest Failure

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Entrepreneurs can draw a number of startup lessons from the manner in which the Beatles' addressed Decca's devastating rejection. Entrepreneurs must know when to listen to their advisors and when to reject errant advice. Lesson - An entrepreneur's two most limited resources, time and money, must be strictly guarded.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. And I would rather, even before the executive summary, have something to play with (a demo)…” It falls in the category of show don’t tell.

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Entreprenurs Must Kick Down The Door When Opportunity Knocks

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He made it clear that this approach would allow the band to re-cut a few of their demos, which he would use to persuade the label to sign the band to a full-fledged recording contract. Attitude – During the early stages of their careers, emerging entrepreneurs must conform to their customers’ realities. Share and Enjoy.

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Hacking Hacker News – How Wily Startups Leverage Social News Sites

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We’re a tool for hackers, designers, and entrepreneurs - effectively everyone who reads Hacker News. Hacker News encourages entrepreneurs to solicit feedback by using the "Show HN" prefix in a post's title. Michael offers the follow general tips regarding how entrepreneurs can obtain meaningful engagement on social news sites: 1.

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The Best VC Meetings are Debates not Sales

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The presenter comes out of the meeting proud at having gotten through all 30 slides (and maybe even a demo) with a bunch of smiling faces and nodding heads and no discussion. If your presentation requires an explanation of RSS vs. ATOM always best to say, “let me quickly state how RSS and ATOM are different.