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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

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Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Don’t even get me started on Demo Days. You could spent 20 days / year at Demo Days now. Products that ship late and place entire companies under serious stress. Co-founder discontent. Probably more.

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Why Female Founder Office Hours is So Important

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The film gives several examples of where not having women included in product decisions has led to poor design by not truly understanding 50%+ of the ultimate consumers. It surprised me how many male executives emailed me back with a list of 3 or 4 women on their team who might be interested attending the film.

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Do Less. More.

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There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. For investors life is no different. “Yeah, we think about going every year.

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What Every Entrepreneur Could Learn from Justin Bieber

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Justin Bieber is unbelievably entrepreneurial and most of you will never know it because he serves a target demo that doesn’t include you. And he has acted as a personal mentor for Justin ever since. You have to build a product that people really love. I know what you’re thinking – link bait title, right?

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

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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. Yeah, my email address is Brad@Feld.com. Distribution.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

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All it takes is an email address to start receiving our exclusive deals for sports tickets to your favorite teams in your city. Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Presenting Companies at CalTech

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It gives music companies a direct pipeline to market their products and services to music fans. 7:10 – 8:00pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company (approx. We leverage our network in the Los Angeles community to provide members with access to potential employees, mentors and investors.

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