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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

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For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

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I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. Your head of sales thinks she should fire somebody. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. In these kinds of businesses I’m on the record as advising “ Ring the Freakin Cash Register.”

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7 Pitching Tips to Help You Crush Your Next Investor Meeting

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Truth be told, your only path to some serious funding is perseverance and diligence in getting meetings and being prepared. To help you crush your next investor meeting, we asked top VCs and tech leaders to share their best pitch advice. I would advise trying not to get into an argument with an investor. Know Your Stuff.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

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We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. Any deal.