StartupNation

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

When launching a startup, most entrepreneurs are focused on fine-tuning their product or service. After all, there are significant differences between B2B brands and a direct-to-consumer retailer. Before you start) is the time to pitch the entire business model to a group of customers or a specially selected focus group.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

How did the experience of pitching Iron Planet to investors affect you as a VC? (5:00 Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00 Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. Are you thematic in your investing or entrepreneur focused? (11:40-14:15).

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. I was researching consumer focused funds, building and fixing brands, and talking to just about every consumer minded investor I could find.

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