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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

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The technology team disagrees on direction and wants resolutions. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. He was a really nice and personable guy who had deep domain knowledge in an industry that he’d worked in for 10 years that is in need of technological advancement.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

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1) has escaped the attention of the major Internet companies, which are better run than ever before; (2) is capable of being launched and proven out for ~$5M, the typical seed plus series A investment; and. (3) We once thought Microsoft was a monopoly on the Internet due to IE. How many ideas like that are left?” ” My 3.5

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. And just when I thought I had the deal that was worthy of bringing to investment committee the world changed. Let’s review all of our existing investments. Eventually you have to invest. It was September 2008.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California. Before booking a hotel I always check out Trip Advisor and read reviews. Nowhere is social proof more prevalent than in angel investing.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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My original thinking from Oct ’09 was, while I didn’t (and still don’t) have a crystal ball I worried that: consumers were over-stretched with debt (and make up 77% of the economy), unemployment would continue to rise, which in turn would drive the stock market south and cut the rate of M&A activity and VC investment even further.

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VC Confessions: I Don’t Really Care About Your Product Demo

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Note: I invest almost exclusively in b-to-b software companies. My “no demo” approach is clearly not appropriate when assessing the veracity of investments with a hardware component or with a consumer facing product. Fool A Fool – I sold surgical robots from PowerPoint slides in the early 1990’s, before the robots existed.

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How to Present at Big Meetings without Going Down a Rat Hole

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Other times the partner wants to test whether there is support before sinking in tons of due diligence time. I’m no dummy on businesses that are in the financial services sector, but my 3 partners have been investing in the space for 20 years so I’m clearly on a different level. I think the context may be easier.