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Entrepreneur’s Don’t Think Enough. Here’s What You Can Do About It …

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And I get flooded with legal docs, end-of-quarter financial administration, recruiting, whatever. Three years ago during Thanksgiving I told Nivi I would write down what I look for in an entrepreneur for a series of posts for VentureHacks. Board Meetings. Conferences. I get sucked up in “Do” mode. Startups Are for Doers.

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Why I’d Rather Err on the Side of Direct Feedback Than Pleasantries

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I then asked for editing rights to his Google Doc and I rewrote a version of it. Of course I can’t write every press release for the company nor would I want to. I then walked him through the logic of why I changed what I did.

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Docstoc Launches Document Marketplace

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The firm said the new DocStore is an "iTunes for documents" and will include documents from such partners as Legal Zoom, Real Deal Docs, Ready Built Forms, Write My Essay, Home Business Forms, Spreadhseet Zone, Small Business Forms, 4Expertise, Podium Notes, and Peak Strategy.

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Insights and Opinions: You Want a Job?

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Attach a Cover Letter: Far too many people simply email you their resumes and there is nothing in the body of the email, just a Word doc attachment. Its as if the applicants are just sending their resumes to as many people as possible, and they dont have time to write a quick intro on themselves and why they want this job.

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Announcing Projector?—?A Startup I’ve Been Excited to Tell You About for Years

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Yet as somebody who has to read and write decks as a major portion of his job I can tell you that most people struggle with how to tell stories visually and when I need to do it I am aware of how difficult the modern toolsets make it to do this alone, let alone collaboratively. We know that apps are fully moving to the cloud.

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

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So if I write you a $500,000 check into a convertible note with a $4.5 million cap I am assuming when I write the check that I will own 10% of your company. If I didn’t assume this I shouldn’t write the check because I have to get involved knowing that I might pay that price. They are not necessarily cheaper.

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Interview with Fariborz Maseeh, Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition

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Fariborz Maseeh: As long as someone is affiliate with the Engineering school in some way--as an undergrad, graduate student, faculty, post-doc, or research at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, it's open to them. We hope they'll ues that prize to seed fund and start their company, and see how it goes after that.