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Three Factors Which Intoxicate Venture Capitalists - Why Your Startup Will (Probably) Not Raise Venture Capital Funding

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Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks, details a variety of factors that influence your chances of raising venture funding in this informative interview. I guess no one told him about the medical startups that were purchased by Medtronic, Linvatec, Storz, Mentor, etc., Thanks Mr. Big Firm VC.

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One Man’s Signal is Another Man’s Noise

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They could chat about it with their peers or mentors. I get many requests from recent graduates asking if I’d meet for a coffee or be a mentor. But I wrote an entire blog post (and had Nivi & Naval on This Week in VC today) to discuss why I felt that was the case. They could start to form an opinion. Of course not.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

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How-to get that guy as your mentor - Gabriel Weinberg , September 20, 2010 Forming a couple of good mentor relationships can help bridge the gap between startup failure and success, especially for first-time entrepreneurs. But how do you actually get the right people to be your mentors?

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. 7 angel investing tips in 7 minutes - Venture Hacks , August 3, 2010 Last week, Naval and a slew of angel investors shared their investing advice with an audience of angels-in-training at AngelConf 2010. Has convertible debt won? Developer.

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