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JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I’ve tried to make this advice as well-rounded and biased free as I can. Spend time researching your buyers and not just pitching them.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. I HATE LOSING. I hate it.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

They weren’t with you when you did the VC pitch where you looked them in the eyes 9 months ago and said, “I see only one outcome, we want to build something really big. It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses. Startup Advice' They see the dollar signs and the victory.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

So I decided to run the London Marathon in April 2003, just 3 weeks before my son was born. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born. We set up a development center in India and I had to be there for three weeks to tour all of the prospective cities. I stopped doing conferences, traveling or pitching to VCs.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Many businesses that pitch to me have White Elephant issues and I’d like to tell you how to deal with these when you’re raising venture capital. It was 2003 and I was training for a marathon so I was in great shape (yes, I know this was YEARS ago but I did complete it in 3:57). I sometimes call these White Elephants.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. Tags: Startup Advice.

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AUGUST 15, 2009

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. We assumed they would take our advice and upgrade. Tags: Start-up Advice. But first I’d like to start with a story.

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