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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

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When you raise money from investors you produce information that you are told they want and care about: A fund-raising deck that articulates your company strategy, plans, team, market, competitors and so forth. For starters you have to realize that fund-raising is a sales process. and then asking to take a brochure home with you.

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Secure Enterprise Sharing Provider CapLinked Announces $3.5M Round

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The California-based team plans to use the new round to grow their team, marketing efforts, and further grow the company. CapLinked is founded by two successful entrepreneurs: CEO Eric Jackson, former marketing lead at PayPal ; and COO Christopher Grey, two time founder including Crestridge Investments.

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Entrepreneurs Needed to Keep Web 3.0 From Fading

Startup Professionals Musings

According to Michael Tasner, in his book “ Marketing in the Moment: The Practical Guide to Using Web 3.0 Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. Examples include Google Docs, Salesforce.com, Slideshare.net, and Box.net. are appearing.

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Five Clues To Web 3.0 Opportunities Here Now

Startup Professionals Musings

According to Michael Tasner, in his new book “ Marketing in the Moment: The Practical Guide to Using Web 3.0 Marketing to Reach Your Customers First ,” here are the five key components to watch: Micro-blogging. Examples include Google Docs, Salesforce.com, Slideshare.net, and Box.net. are appearing.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. The “private salemarket phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends.

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One Man’s Signal is Another Man’s Noise

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But knowing so many people who were there I would find it VERY hard to believe that it was anything other than people BS’ing about trends in the market. They don’t have market power. I like customer service but I also need to do sales, marketing, finance & operations. I also do marketing.

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Interview with Fariborz Maseeh, Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition

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The outside mentors can then help them in making projections, looking into their marketing and business development plans, and look at sales projections and organization. They'll even help them with presentation skills. We hope they'll ues that prize to seed fund and start their company, and see how it goes after that.