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After Investing $100 Million Into New VC Firms, Here’s What I Look For: Traditional But Better, or Different & Excellent.

Hunter Walk

When I’m scanning a pitch deck I’m basically looking to put it into one of two buckets – Traditional or Different. Or contrarian in the number of companies and/or dollars invested per company compared to their peers. Screendoor has now looked at more than 1,500 venture firms raising funds, backing roughly 1.5%

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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. We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. What areas are going to change? Reader beware.).

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The bar is higher

This is going to be BIG.

Whether you're at a Plug and Play, Dogpatch, General Assembly or just hanging out in the lobby of an Ace Hotel, you're never that far from a peer group of startups in any big city. It has never been so easy to get a startup up and off the ground these days. Don't want to learn code? That's right--Indiana.

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The Quick and Easy Way to Find the Best Applicant From Among Hundreds

Paul G. Silva

One of my favorite jokes goes something like this: Whenever a new position opens up, and I have to sort through a stack of resumes, the first thing I do is take half of them at random and throw them away. I don’t want unlucky people working in this department. As with many good jokes, it’s funny because it has a nugget of truth to it.

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Three Words Entrepreneurs (and VC’s) Should Take to Heart

Both Sides of the Table

We are expected to know everything and many people rush to conclusions given a limited set of information. This weekend was Yom Kippur, holiest of the Jewish holidays and the day of atonement. It’s also the day when most Jewish minds are least focused since one needs to fast for 24 hours.

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities???with $15 million to?

Both Sides of the Table

the customer on stage showing your product turns into an advocate or evangelist while the prospect is far more likely to be persuaded by a customer presentation than a salesperson’s pitch. 92% of consumers trust peer recommendations , while only 22% of brands are trusted. This had a dual purpose?—?the they are communities and tribes.

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Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

StartupNation

It concludes with a Pitch Showcase awarding at least $25,000 in prize money. The program includes learning modules, expert coaching, peer networking and a marketplace of tools and solutions. Brianna Ellison. What work is Verizon doing in the Detroit/Michigan community to help small businesses?