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Investors, MVPs and Evidence of Traction

SoCal CTO

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product." If you do build the MVP and show it to them, they will ask you about your metrics. They really want metrics, not a product.

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7 Ways to Fail When Applying to an Accelerator

Tech.Co

Admittedly, that last part is an exaggeration but they were bad enough that I am writing this essay in the hopes that you will read it and not make these mistakes. Tip: After writing you answer, re-read the question and ask yourself, “Is there anything in what I wrote that is not actually answering that question?”. The #EpicNovelFail.

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

Tech Zulu Event

We write and create our own content for the game. We make it trivial to quickly aggregate and monitor your key metrics in real-time! 8:00 – 8:35pm – 5 five-minute demos, followed by brief Q&A for each company. Rapid Fire Trivia is a game owned and operated by Danger Room Gaming. What: Spotlight Series Event. RSVP: AGENDA.

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Why I F **g Hate Unicorns and the Culture They Breed

Both Sides of the Table

Not the successful companies themselves but the entire b t culture of swash-buckling startups who define themselves by hitting some magical $1 billion valuation number and the financiers who back them irrespective of metrics that justify it. 10 years from now people will be embarrassed to say unicorn. It’s his words, not mine.