This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

Too many entrepreneurs start out their business endeavors with an investment pitch. That’s the thing—startups in the initial stages need advice, feedback, and guidence a lot more than they need money upfront. If you can’t back it up with guidance and mentorship, we’re burning up a lot of cash, 500k at a time.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 28, 2022

To help you determine if corporate venture capital is right for your startup, we asked startup founders, investors, and business leaders this question for their best pieces of advice. Corporate venture capitalists are often interested in investing in companies that have products or services that could be used by their own businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

She is also principal of Broadway Realty, investing in, and repurposing, historic properties. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? Women business leaders have created mentorship networks to help support a culture of innovation and risk-taking. Get started! How can a decade have flown by!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When you set up a board it is often initially a combination of the founders and the early investors. This post sets out how I believe founders (and investors) should think about independent board members having worked with many of them for the past 20 years. The board is where large equity investors get their representation.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 3, 2023

As a startup founder who is highly invested in our bootstrapped consumer social startup — “just ship it” comes with a number of caveats outlined here. That’s right — it can’t fail repeatedly during on-boarding or crash the minute the user attempts to perform a key function. First, whatever “it” is — it has to work. No one uses it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

I once did due diligence on a potential investment where the CEO was projecting $9 million in sales for his next 12 months. If they’re not running their business then perhaps the wrong person was picked as CEO or perhaps they need more mentorship / coaching to better allocate their time. CEO’s run things.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

I’m not saying I don’t spend time trying to help entrepreneurs that I am not planning to invest it – anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that I do. Don’t get me wrong – I still feel the pressure to ensure that the companies I’ve invested in perform well. But there’s a big difference.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When we invest they are often the company counsel so we see them at board meetings. They’ll invite you out to events in which you’ll meet their other clients, you can get to know them socially and hopefully develop a real mentorship relationship where every conversation is not on the clock. Our lives are intertwined.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Last week, though, the outside world got a look at how Y Combinator, one of Silicon Valley’s most famed and feared accelerators, deals with the intricacies of a scaled, yet still ultra-exclusive, community after the accelerator kicked out two founders from its internal messaging board, Bookface. It’s more than a polite request.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

He specialises in information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property and competition law, and provides advice on privacy and other regulatory compliance issues. Make an “investment” decision. you sort of have to make your own investment decision. Look at the people who have invested in them. Get on a board.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. These people who never had the opportunity to start a store came onto our platform and became entrepreneurs for the first time, because we do not need them to invest any money in working capital or setting up an offline shop. 42:45 – Big problems worth solving in India.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

If you want outside capital, VCs will chase after you to invest. . At my prior firm, ff Venture Capital, we invested in a company co-founded by Nate Jenkins , who had a successful exit, but not quite enough to buy a private plane. Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. I suggest you have 6 main options: . Consulting.

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