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Why Entrepreneurs & VCs Should Focus on Basecamp, Not the Summit

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.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are. Market Opportunity. But what about markets? But your exact long-term “market?&#

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10 Ways To Make Your Funding Pitch More Hard-Hitting

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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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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Touchscreens and Towlettes – 10 Ways to Distribute Moist Towelettes

Eric Greenspan

As I type this I can see my fingerprints forming on my iPhone screen. We tap, tap, slide all day, everyday. Moist towelette app (rub your fingers on the screen and magic happens). This post had nothing to do with touch screen devices, hotel remotes, or even moist towelettes. It makes me nuts. Have another baby.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (2/10) – Street Smarts

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Because they’re street smart, most great entrepreneurs tend to prefer getting out and talking with real customers rather than sitting in a cubicle all day doing beautiful PowerPoint slides. He told me that when the markets soured they were no longer hot. He was at a startup that was in a super hot sector. I’m sorry.

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10 Keys To Limiting Your Startup Story To Ten Minutes

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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When I need to give a speech and I’m writing a slide for my deck, I think up the story in my mind that I’m going to tell for this slide. As a VC it’s how I think through which markets will be attractive in the future, which ones I want to be in now and how the technology & business world will likely evolve.

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