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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

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I must admit I discuss this very frequently with portfolio companies but hadn’t thought to write about it. Excite, MSN and eventually Google. Why Exclusivity Matters to Your Customers or Business Development Partners. I need to give credit for the topic to PR Malloy who Tweeted me this question.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Write things down. We met everybody in the organization.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

So I organized a team dinner with all four of my partners and all three of their founders. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Write things down. We met everybody in the organization.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

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He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. So naturally we’re pushing for him to drop critical information when their paths cross organically. Rob does it. On steroids.

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Embrace Losing

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I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. The initial contract was worth about $500,000 and the whole value of the contract would have been worth a couple of million over the years.

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Small Business Marketing | Get Customers versus Get Leads

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On the card I usually write the date, where I met the person, how I met them and what value I can bring to the table. As a last resort I outsourced and actually hired someone in India to remotely log into my computer during the night and correct all the errors from the scanned cards, which my in house team had processed earlier in the day.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. BCG, Bain, LEK – they’re all great), a few years at a start-up or a few years somewhere like Microsoft, Google, Amazon or Apple. My first job after college was as a developer at Andersen Consulting. Sales is the lifeblood of every organization.

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