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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

InfoChachkie

Most newspapers are written at a third-grade reading level, White House press releases average a fourth-grade reading level and the New York Times is easily digestible by the average fifth grader. No VC Fit - Match your venture with appropriate funding source. If a valuation has been established, what is it? Financials.

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How This Startup Kicked Oracle’s A$$

InfoChachkie

A large US company filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against MySQL while the company was in the midst of raising its first round of funding. On the following Monday, Marten was besieged by the tech press. Marten continues his story by describing the company's first major challenge. Fortunately, he was ready. Share and Enjoy.

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The Series A Crunch Is For Entrepreneurs Who Can’t Create Their Own Luck

InfoChachkie

I was in a board meeting recently at Connexity when Dave Gross, the company''s Co-Founder and CEO, made an insightful observation regarding the shortage of Series A funds. The other primary factor contributing to the Series A shortfall is the concentration of venture capital funds in the hands of a shrinking number of large firms.

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Make It Work- the real story

InfoChachkie

We were certain the funding would come through. We were so close to getting the funding. I immediately called every press outlet to be proactive in telling our story, changed our website to inform our customers and our few remaining staff fielded calls and emails from our customers. Days went by, we stayed focused.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

InfoChachkie

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. an email) to about 35 people. If you want to be kept informed just send me an email and let me know that you''re in, and that was it.

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6 Steps To Raising Venture Capital – Hint: Preparation Matters More Than Your Pitch

InfoChachkie

Professional service providers are incentivized to foster your business, as a portion of the funds you raise will go toward payment of their invoices. Note: If you are unable to self-fund your venture or you have no alternative funding sources, this step is not appropriate. In such cases, you don’t have time to be coy.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

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Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Click to email him. I don't want to see any more of you with crappy business guys ruining your great ideas, ok?