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6 Ways To Improve Your Odds Of New Business Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Almost every entrepreneur and new business owner I mentor is certain that his/her idea has a very high probability of success, and all find it hard to believe that ninety percent of startups ultimately fail. Bill Gates was the technical genius, but Steve Ballmer, from Procter & Gamble, ran the business side of the equation.

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7 Costs To Consider Before Taking Your Startup Public

Startup Professionals Musings

According to TheStreet , US IPO market results in Q2 2020 posted a strong bounce-back from Q1 with 58 IPOs, after a slow start due to the Covid19 pandemic. Yet I believe the trend will continue at least flat as entrepreneurs become more aware of other considerations that make the IPO route less and less attractive.

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Why The Haters are Wrong About Growth Hacking

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There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. And if there is a term for that which helps entrepreneurs stay focused on these good and true objectives then I’m all for it. I’d like to make the case that the article is wrong.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. Felipe grew up in Brazil.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

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We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. Tech Diligence - Consider The Source. To: < *@gmail.com > Hi , Greetings from Twilio!

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Interview with Ryan Disraeli And Stacy Stubblefield, Telesign

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Ryan Disraeli: I was studying business with an emphasis on entrepreneurship. We were trying to acquire customers, and Darren and Stacy know I spent all of my time on customer acquisition, everything from cold calls and emails to sending things in the mail, going to conferences and walking around and trying to pitch people at their booth.

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My Chat with Dan Primack of PEHub

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In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc. Dan believed that consumer internet entrepreneurs have a choice now: traditional VC vs. super seed investors.