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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted?

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Reflections on the Origin Story of EO Global Leadership Academy (GLA)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

by Erick Slabaugh, a long-standing EO member in Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The Origins David Galbenski and I served on the EO Global Board together in 2007.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

Both Sides of the Table

I have sat on a board with Howard and have known him a few years. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 These partners travel to a city and take ten minute pitches from the entrepreneurs. What are the most common mistakes in first pitch? What is ideal board structure? How to run a board meeting?

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How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

Both Sides of the Table

Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. I see emails from angel syndicates all the time for companies I hadn’t even given 2 seconds thought about investing and I get full info, pitch deck and info about the round size and timing. All of my partners at Upfront do.

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Should Founders Still Raise in an Economic Downturn?

Dream It

Having been at the forefront of the dot-com boom, 9/11, and the financial crisis of 2008, Jason knows what it takes to survive this downturn. Founders planning near-term fundraising rounds need to understand that an economic downturn is one of the most difficult times to pitch to investors. Even then, they may still be skeptical.

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My big jump: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy’s CEO journey

TechCrunch

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded theBoardlist , a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities. A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Convertible note fundraising, fintech’s falloff, how to mark-to-market

TechCrunch

Everyone loves an underdog, which is why investors and tech journalists are so fond of discussing startups that launched during the Great Recession of 2008, like Airbnb, Uber, WhatsApp, Mailchimp, Square and Venmo. You may need more than one pitch deck. You may need more than one pitch deck. The send-ahead deck.