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How to score an investment for your startup
Friday, April 15, 2011 Richard Dale - Principal, Sigma Partners
There is one timeless question in the world of early stage investing: What does it take to get an investment from a VC firm, or for that matter from a seed or angel investor...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Funding, Voices
Cash is King: 8 tips for Optimizing your Startup Financing Strategy
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 David Skok - General Partner, Matrix Partners
This post aims to help startup CEOs optimize their funding strategy by examining how investors value startups, and explaining how to avoid the common cash management...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Funding, Lessons Learned, Voices
Board Meetings vs. Bored Meetings
Monday, April 11, 2011 Jeff Bussgang - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
I have been thinking alot about start-up best practices. There has been a great deal written about how to pitch VCs and how to drive towards product-market fit, but...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Paying It Forward - A Video Interview with Matt Lauzon by Rob Go
Friday, April 8, 2011 Rob Go - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
I had the pleasures of sitting down with Matt Lauzon last week to talk about the lessons he’s learned as...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Funding, Innovation, Lessons Learned, Voices
Bubblicious – Warning, Entrepreneurs! Social media valuation bubble distorts the entire market
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Brad Harkavy - President, Harkador Partners
Color raises $41M in a series A round with no revenue. Twitter is valued at $7.7B with $45M revenue (171 times revenue) in 2010. Facebook is now valued at $65B up 30%...
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Funding, Lessons Learned, Opinions, Voices
29 CEO Blind Spots - What are Yours?
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Scott Maxwell - Senior Managing Director, OpenView Venture Partners
Here is my (running) list of 29 CEO blind spots I have seen over the years. Take a look and see which ones apply to you (warning: remember they are blind spots, so you might...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Lessons Learned, Voices
Lessons in Success and Failure from the Past Two Years
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Allan Tear - Managing Partner, Betaspring
As part of getting ready for 2011, we've been reviewing our lessons of the last two years, particularly what has worked and not worked in selecting and accelerating teams...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Does your company culture allow mistakes
Friday, March 25, 2011 Bijan Sabet - General Partner, Spark Capital
A few months ago I wrote down some thoughts about failure, our fear of failure and our ability (inabilty) to embrace it. The other day I was talking to a founder in our...
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Entrepreneurship, Lessons Learned, Voices
In Search of True Believers
Thursday, March 24, 2011 Lee Hower - Partner and Co-Founder, NextView Ventures
I'm fond of saying that raising capital for a startup (or any risky early-stage venture for that matter) is not about convincing the skeptics, but rather finding the...
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Funding, Lessons Learned, Voices
Silicon Roundabout
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Michael Greeley - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
Yesterday kicked off the swing through the United Kingdom for Governor Patrick of Massachusetts and the Innovation Economy Partnership Mission 2011. After a remarkable...
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Voices