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13 Red Flags To Avoid In Your Investor Funding Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

Others, like Guy Kawasaki , have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent enhancements or omissions that can kill your deal. Terms “paradigm shift” or “disruptive technology” used more than once. These terms are so overused as hype that any meaning has been lost.

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10 Funding Quotes Every Entrepreneur Should Skip

Startup Professionals Musings

Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. At best we can count on it taking many years to catch on, just like other disruptive technologies before you.

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Top Ten Red Flags To Avoid With Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. At best we can count on it taking many years to catch on, just like other disruptive technologies before you.

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