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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

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We definitely keep using the UpPromote service.” When you relate your metrics to broader, industry-level trends, you enable investors to gain a sense of the larger picture and the potential for market disruption and growth. Show how insight turns into execution. That’s what makes them believe you’re not just lucky.

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API documentation: What it is and how to write it (with examples)

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Clear and timely release notes help build trust and reduce the kinds of disruptions that make users start Googling "[competitor name] API." Including this kind of information helps users avoid disruptions and ensure they're in compliance with the API's acceptable use policies.

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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

Both Sides of the Table

So I wish this separate definition would go away. Now we can call you a seed-stage VC or a micro VC. We can even acknowledge that you might work differently than traditional VCs. But you’re not an angel. Stop to think about it, why would a super angel act more like an angel than a VC? That’s all.

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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

We're seeing, for the first time, investment and some disruption in huge areas like education, food, healthcare, government and even hardware based startups. The Wall Street Journal not only can't seem to take the temperature of the venture market correctly, they definitely don't know the market for YOUR business--which is totally unique.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I’m no great scholar on bubbles – I have more interesting things to spend my time worrying about than the exact definition , but having been around a few I have at least given them intellectual consideration. In contrast, when the market is falling, by definition your investment is worth less THE DAY AFTER you have invested.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

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At this time I can tell you that the Brits definitely didn’t have a culture of failure. 46:00 Do you believe that most of the disruption over the last few years has some from Elon Musk and Sebastian Thrun? I remember this lesson well. I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London.

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Questions from Hunter #MondayMailbag

This is going to be BIG.

I''m probably biased against just out of school hackers who think that just because they built a thing, they''re going to disrupt an industry they don''t care about understanding. We all have biases--and not all bias is bad. Am I wrong to have that? Do I want to change that? I''m not sure I think of that as a "mistake" to be fixed.

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