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10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer

Startup Professionals Musings

But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves. In this scam, you are offered a very attractive term sheet due to close in 90 days or so, with a deposit required to hold your position while due diligence is being conducted. Deposit required to hold your terms.

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Understanding the Dreaded Investor Due Diligence

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. In my view, understanding due diligence can only improve information flow, and leads to a better long-term partnership with your investor. Technical due diligence typically starts with a full one or two day review with the engineering and product marketing staff.

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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. Conversations with a technical advisors or possible developers should be iterative. Go find a new technical resource.

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Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art

Startup Professionals Musings

This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. In my view, understanding due diligence can only improve information flow, and leads to a better long-term partnership with your investor. Technical due diligence typically starts with a full one or two day review with the engineering and product marketing staff.

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6 Tips for Building Relationships with Journalists

Both Sides of the Table

But more broadly it got me thinking to one of the biggest mistakes tech executives get into in the first place. But you’d be surprised how much tech folks either hold journalists too much on a pedestal or disdain them. Do not equate that with them giving you glowing reviews – you have to earn that. Total waste.

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Eleven Startup Tips From Mark Cuban

InfoChachkie

Article first published as Eleven Startup Tips From Mark Cuban on Technorati. Mark’s Startup Tips. Through diligent preparation and dogged perseverance, entrepreneurs avoid foolhardy risks. Note: This is an installment in the Iconic Advice series. Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs and Richard Branson.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

some came from our customer service, some were to improve performance / scalability from tech ops, some were bug fixes, etc.) They attended property management association meetings in Oregon outside of the technology echo chamber of California to get a sense for people’s daily problems. I rarely see the tech team do this.