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APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know.

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

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MARCH 11, 2011

All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. Summary notes, as always, provide below. The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He took out an ad in the Yellow Pages (it was the early 80′s, pre Internet), which cost him $1,000 / month for a half-page ad. Insider Pages.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

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APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. That’s the right answer for VCs.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series, “ Pitching a VC.&# Getting a meeting with a prominent angel or VC is difficult enough. Some advice on how to do that was covered in this link – Getting Access to a VC. If you haven’t read how to build VC relationships and demonstrate traction make sure to read it.

Venture Capital 277

Venture Capital Startup Email News 277

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MAY 19, 2020

with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with

Software 234

Software Startup Tool Platform 234

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

VC Pitch Decks. The great thing about the VC pitch deck is that you can have 30 slides. If a VC only read your deck that would be fine but we’re no different than recruiters – we get more paperwork than we can process. Give them the iPod not Microsoft Office products. I review many products every week.

Slides 346

Slides Software Review Blogging Venture Capital 346

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

I like the summary of the competitive reality in a new book, “ Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age ,” by Ram Charan, who relates a wealth of current experience from global clients: Customers expect a personalized experience. Algorithms and data are required to compete. These tolerate negative cash flows for growth.

Competition 142

Competition Software Review Social Media Custom 142

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2012

Many VC firms and investment banks receive as many as ten plans per day, so it’s hard to get them salivating. Send the plan without a summary. An Executive Summary is a one page elevator pitch of the whole plan (may be separate from the plan), which gives an investor a net perspective on the key business parameters.

Summary 97

Summary Technical Review .Net Ideas 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2019

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product.

Slides 85

Slides Outsource Summary Conference 85

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

For extroverted people I recommend that entrepreneurs have an “executive summary&# slide up front that cuts to the chase. You’ve got 20 slides and we’re only on page 3. Can we do a really quick run through your deck so that we save tons of time for a product demo & questions at the end?&#.

Slides 358

Slides Venture Capital Startup Summary 358

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Many VC firms and investment banks receive as many as ten plans per day, so it’s hard to get them salivating. Send the plan without a summary. An Executive Summary is a one page elevator pitch of the whole plan (may be separate from the plan), which gives an investor a net perspective on the key business parameters.

Summary 97

Summary Technical Review .Net Ideas 97

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. As is often said if you don’t get at least a few fellow VCs (and entrepreneurs) scratching their heads you may not be funding ideas with enough upside. Internally at Upfront Ventures we talk about “high consensus” vs. controversial deals with “high conviction.”

Funding 362

Funding Technical Review Ideas Startup 362

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2014

But for Angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 107

Startup Venture Capital Slides Outsource 107

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MARCH 1, 2011

The video can be watched here , but there is a most excellent summary below provided by John Excley. Because he was particularly attracted to the idea of positioning Quigo in the business of helping retailers with search, Quigo started building sophisticated technology for applied semantics stuff with web pages.

Google 302

Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2017

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product.

Funding 60

Funding Slides Outsource Summary 60

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

But DO NOT crocodile into your solution page. At the end I normally like to say “I’d love to list out what I think I heard are your issues to test whether I had properly understood them.&# Normally after I read off my summary they clarify points a lot and I realize that I was only directionally correct.

Sales 314

Sales Startup Venture Capital Custom 314

InfoChachkie

JUNE 23, 2011

Messenger : Jason Lehmbeck , Co-Founder and CEO of DataPop , former VP of Emerging Ad Products at Overture Services and Yahoo! What follows is a summary which paraphrases Jason’s responses. You guys did a lot of self-funding before you approached the venture capital community. For his exact quotes, watch the video.

Yahoo 210

Yahoo Startup Advertising Summary 210

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

But for Angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Slides Outsource Summary 94

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JANUARY 17, 2011

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a long post, so I put an executive summary here if you want to get the point without reading all the detail. If you plan to read the post you can skip the summary if you want. The need for creativity extends well beyond product design. I rewrote the page 7-10 times. That’s a shame.

Writing 356

Writing Startup Ideas Summary 356

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product.

Slides 95

Slides Outsource Summary Conference 95

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FEBRUARY 12, 2017

The 30-minute interview of Jonah Peretti is here but my summary in the notes below. A few years ago Jonah acquired Ze Frank’s video production company and the two of them have really built an enormous video production & distribution business. He thinks the very nature of video is changing.

Buzzfeed 210

Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2010

But for angel investors and venture capital investors, just remember that investors are not on your team (yet). Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. Don’t insist on a product demo – he is buying the business, not the product.

Entrepreneur 86

Entrepreneur Slides Outsource Summary 86

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MARCH 8, 2010

Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there. Summary notes and then I’ll extend: Should you blog? Now I’m a VC. You also should have it be what your Twitter page links to. Mostly, have fun.

Blogging 286

Blogging Startup Writing Summary 286