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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 6, 2018
A huge mistake I see is that VC tells an entrepreneur no based on a set of reason that this VC felt weren’t right with the business (market size, traction to date, too many competitors, no big exits in the category or whatever easy excuses VCs have developed to politely say no) and the entrepreneur lets this get inside his or her head.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 18, 2015
I used to love blogging. Blogging proved to be a great way to hone my ideas, have public conversations with people and as it turns out – build meaningful relationships through public dialog that spilled over into the real world. Somewhere along the way blogging changed. Before the politics that we call the rap game.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
You’re writing a freaking blog post! I try to bucket my tasks into major categories and spend some time doing each of them. In return he politely requested a meeting. Plus, he’s a loyal reader of this blog. I know many people think I blog all day long. “But WAIT !!! ” I never said that.
Gust
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
See this blog post for a full discussion.). On a more positive note, the silver lining in a political system that is susceptible to influence is that occasionally common sense will prevail when legislators might otherwise miss a good opportunity to do the right thing.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2010
We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2011
I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. I would mostly lump me in that category. And did I really just try to drop an SAT word into my blog post? That notes only told part of the story. In VC there are the obvious people including Bijan, Brad Feld, Fred Wilson, Josh Kopelman and Bryce Roberts.
Gust
SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
With that background, here are 30 tips to help you make the most of Gust: Subscribe to the Gust Blog , and go back and read the past posts. If you share your material with a VC and get a polite response that you are out of their range, you should double check the investor’s profile page.
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