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What Should You Send a VC Before Your Meeting?

Both Sides of the Table

You want to develop a “narrative” that holds the readers attention and helps shape the company into context. If you have another 15–20 super detailed slides they should either be in an appendix after you get through the main presentation or in a separate deck that you may or may not get out. Compelling. Don’t send these?—?go

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! Lots of thoughts here. False Confidence.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! Lots of thoughts here. False Confidence.

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7 Pitching Tips to Help You Crush Your Next Investor Meeting

Tech.Co

Try to compile all the different types of questions you could be asked about your business, like technical details, financial assumptions and projections, marketing, IP, etc., Try to keep the presentation tight, 10 slides is ideal,” Gruber said. Also keep the slides clean and easy to read. and prepare a response. Less Is More.

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Great Entrepreneurs are Masters of Business Chaos

Startup Professionals Musings

Once they see you have developed credible traction, they can grab your space with less cost (meaning lower price) than you had to put into developing it. Don’t count on your IP to save you. Even after you bring chaos under control, you face an ongoing challenge to avoid back-sliding. Employees stop innovating.

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Can Your Startup Flourish Despite Business Chaos?

Startup Professionals Musings

Once they see you have developed credible traction, they can grab your space with less cost (meaning lower price) than you had to put into developing it. Don’t count on your IP to save you. Even after you bring chaos under control, you face an ongoing challenge to avoid back-sliding. Employees stop innovating.

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