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10 Quotes You Should Never Use Around A Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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10 Strategies For Attracting Investors That Will Fail

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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10 Ways To Make A BAD First Impression On Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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10 Entrepreneur Approaches That Turn Off Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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10 Investor Approaches To Avoid When You Need Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Let me show you a demo rather than a business plan.” Demos never go according to plan, and ones that work go on far too long. The best demos to investors are 30 seconds or less.

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

People tend to overvalue past investments when making forward-looking investment decisions. Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. The sunk costs trap. It sounds like Angel Boot Camp rocked.

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