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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. What stage? I hustled.

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

Both Sides of the Table

What price? Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price. What stage? I hustled.

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

Tech Zulu Event

EnvoyNow is innovating in the on-demand food delivery space, targeting the underserved college market. Parlor is the first app to allow freelance stylists, barbers and makeup artists to set their own prices, manage their schedules and build their clientele by bringing their services directly to your home or any location you choose.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

Loading… Markets. Loading… Market Data. In March of last year, Matt Jacobson, head of market development at Facebook, paid $10.9 Prices are soaring in the beachfront communities tech types favor, and rents in these. Another client, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, just closed on a deal to buy ex- Yahoo.

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Twitter’s Acquisition, Chirp & Managing Developer Relationships

Both Sides of the Table

And aside from having great market power (the main reason for Twitter to own the client and the customer) advertising is one of the primary reasons that I believe Twitter needs to own the client applications. Or if they do they should do so without raising venture capital so that they can still be acquired for reasonable prices.

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Why Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

Startup Professionals Musings

Zero in on a specific market segment. If you really believe that IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle are your competition, you have a big challenge that you can’t afford to meet. Concentrate your marketing efforts around a single channel. Too many channels has the same effect as no marketing. Eliminating world hunger is too broad.