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Equity Investment Platform Preparation Best Practices

Startup Professionals Musings

I recommend an easier way – using an investment platform like Gust, EquityNet or SeedInvest. Another advantage of online investor and equity crowdfunding platforms is that they will force you to pull together your story and documentation in a more consistent and complete fashion than you might otherwise bother.

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How to Handle a VC Presentation with No Deck

Both Sides of the Table

I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. I would argue that this mostly consists of consumer Internet companies (although not exclusively) and it is predominantly early-stage people who are product gurus and have a mildly technical bend to them. Powerpoint can be especially useful for platform businesses or B2B. Mobile app?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

. – Digital Messaging Infrastructure Company (incubated by Addante and Associates, LLC) Age: 25 - 29 (present) Time Period: 2002 - present My Role: Founder High Point: TBD Here is a summary of my experiences to-date with StrongMail: 1. I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit. Relaxing 2.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

I often advise these CEOs to make the tough choices early in the company’s history – either move up North or build your tech team in LA. I believe that startup tech companies need to develop a technical DNA and this doesn’t happen when you outsource. There are pluses and minus for both cases. What about offshoring?