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Fixing the Top Fundraising Mistakes Startup Entrepreneurs Make

SoCal Tech Calendar

Join JJ Richa in a fireside chat with Scott Fox, CEO of the OC Startup Council, for a discussion of the top mistakes that early stage entrepreneurs make when pitching their startups for funding.

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5 Tactics To Minimize Meeting Time And Get More Done

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, you must forego the traditional meeting approach, where a team member presents a slide deck with all the background and multiple solution options on an issue, and asks you for a decision. But it only works if you observe the following principles: Never hide from your team. Provide immediate direct and constructive feedback.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Note the full presentation deck with additional slides can be found on SlideShare here or you can simply scroll through it at the bottom of this post.]. But the biggest changes in our industry have been driven by technical changes themselves to which we are just observers and fortunate beneficiaries. 2007 was the watershed year.

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7 Pitching Tips to Help You Crush Your Next Investor Meeting

Tech.Co

Truth be told, your only path to some serious funding is perseverance and diligence in getting meetings and being prepared. To help you crush your next investor meeting, we asked top VCs and tech leaders to share their best pitch advice. Try to keep the presentation tight, 10 slides is ideal,” Gruber said. Know Your Stuff.

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5 Keys To Maximizing Your Impact In People Mentoring

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, you must forego the traditional meeting approach, where a team member presents a slide deck with all the background and multiple solution options on an issue, and asks you for a decision. But it only works if you observe the following principles: Never hide from your team. Provide immediate direct and constructive feedback.

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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus, I’m more impressed with entrepreneurs who ask me to review their implementation plan, rather than listen again to their idea. Some dreams sound great, but may not yet be viable or proven with today’s technology. Present at trade shows and network with your ten-slide pitch to build your following.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

Both Sides of the Table

The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. He was a really nice and personable guy who had deep domain knowledge in an industry that he’d worked in for 10 years that is in need of technological advancement.