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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

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As noted in Entrepreneurs Shouldn't Pitch Their Ideas To Venture Capitalists , most sophisticated investors place their bets on people rather than opportunities. Who do I write the check to and where do I send it? As such, the primary goal of your executive summary is to open the door to an in-person meeting. Share and Enjoy.

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7 Business Mistakes Serial Entrepreneurs Never Make (Twice)

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Attempt To License An Idea. Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic, I can sit back and collect licensing fees while someone else does all the work required to turn my idea into a successful business. Fallacy: Ideas are worthless, while skillful execution is priceless. Fallacy: Yes. Share and Enjoy.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

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I said, ''Hey, listen were going to start writing this newsletter and it''s going to highlight our trials and tribulations, our failures and our successes. The opening paragraphs of that first newsletter are indicative of the captivating and accessible writing style, which eventually cultivated a huge audience. And of those 35 people.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

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Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. OK, well, actually the first thing I did is come up with a list of 50 posts that I wanted to write. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months. Every time I write a post I send it out on Twitter. That’s boring.

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Guerilla Marketing, Brad Feld Style

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It’s direct, authentic, non-packaged creative around a particular set of ideas. We write blogs, we do music videos, we show up, we engage with people…we love our product. Write Your Own Playbook. Chris is the CEO of Gnip , a Foundry Group portfolio company. We have never done a press release. Share and Enjoy.

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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

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Even if an established leader in your industry does not see the wisdom in your ideas, do not waiver. Bill Gates – “The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. You haven’t got through college yet.’”. Share and Enjoy.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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Huge thank you to Steve De Long for the write up. RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. Was it David Cohen’ Idea? It was David’s idea.” “Well I didn’t know David.