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Weekly 24: Adventures in Venture Capital

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Are you actually ready to pitch? When pitching, the startup has to put a number on the table. Funding underrepresented entrepreneurs ??? This week on the pod, we were joined by Ezechi Britton MBE, a founding member, principal and CTO of Impact X Capital. Did you know the average new business pitch costs $450,000?!

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The Thin Skin of the Venture Capital Market

This is going to be BIG.

The fact is, it''s just not cool to criticize the investing side of the venture capital market. For the most part, journalists give startups a free pass when venture capital money is raised or when companies that clearly seem to have failed get "acquired". Venture Capital & Technology' doesn''t much matter.

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Why being a VC sucks. Advice to anyone who wants to get into venture capital.

This is going to be BIG.

I probably get around a dozen e-mails a week asking me how to get into venture capital. On top of that, anytime I talk to anyone who wants to get involved in startups but isn''t sure what they want to do, inevitably, I hear, "And then I was thinking maybe I should look into venture capital, too.". 2) People pitch you.

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Stop Expecting Venture Capital to Solve All the World’s Problems

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Venture capital only works for specific types of businesses at a particular stage Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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5 Innovative Fundraising Methods for Emerging Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds

David Teten VC

How do you raise money for your venture capital or private equity fund from family offices and high net worths? . I see five innovative new methods for raising capital which emerging managers such as Versatile VC are using, which I’ve ranked in roughly descending order of popularity: .

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Avoiding 5 Common Cyber Entrepreneur Pitfalls

Dream It

Avoiding 5 Common Cyber Entrepreneur Pitfalls In this #DreamitLive, Ron Gula , president of Gula Tech Ventures , joins Steve Barsh to talk about the 5 most common mistakes cyber entrepreneurs make and how to avoid them. 15:00 - What does you Gula Five Slide Pitch Deck look like? 21:00 - Does the best tech always win?

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I Couldn’t Raise Venture Capital Until I Learned One Simple Lesson About Pitching Investors

Entrepreneur's Handbook

You can spend hours learning to give great fundraising pitches, but you’re probably wasting your time Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».