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Document Your MVP for a Developer

SoCal CTO

He is not a technical person, but is somewhat web savvy. It's the same as when I've created financial models and then have it reviewed by a hard-core CFO, sophisticated investor or similar kind of expert. You likely are writing your first one of these. Go find a new technical resource. Founder : Umm. I know how it feels.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while and was going to use AngelList by Nivi & Naval as the basis for my example and the perfect prompt came yesterday when I read Fred Wilson’s blog post on AngelList.

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

Both Sides of the Table

Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe. I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. Their first batch of shipping is due out in the next few weeks.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They had agreed!

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. China is indelibly an important part of the future of the global technology system. Write things down. We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They had agreed!

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Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

We helped the write out their requirements for a system. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. You are most vulnerable right after it has been announced that you won (I will write a separate post on this). Be gracious.

Startup 151
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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. But I believe it’s a very comprehensive solution and our due diligence with large app developers confirmed as much. Optimization technology is not new. What does it do?

Mobile 282