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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

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We all read them to get a sense of what is going on in the world, peeling back layers of the old world in which media was too scripted. This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. People often ask me why I started blogging. They’re mine because I’m a VC.

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Finding an Investor Who is in Love with You

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I often talk about what I’m looking for when I meet with an entrepreneur. Above all else I’m looking for a genuine passion for what the entrepreneur is doing. You need a great concept in which you will build something that is truly unique and that will be valued by your customers.

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“I think viewing your board as an audience to be ‘sold’ to instead of a partner in your journey will orient your board to be less trusting and collaborative.” Five Questions with Nilam Ganenthiran, Former President of Instacart

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For startups, a good Board is better than no Board, but a bad Board is worse than anything. One component of a good Board is a high value add Independent Board Member, which in my experience, often doesn’t get added early enough (for a variety of reasons). So what follows are Five Question with Nilam.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

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What Rob wrote in his post is right. Rob is one of the most driven and successful CEOs I work with. Oh, and did I mention – Rob is in SF and Nick is in the UK. I point this out partly out of pride. So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . It is really working.

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EmpowHER Your Mindset: How Women Entrepreneurs Can Overcome Negative Thoughts To Stay Motivated

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Miranda Naiman, a 7-year EO Tanzania member and an unstoppable force for good, is the founder of Empower , a disruptive consulting firm that passionately provides talent, advisory and insight services to clients across the African continent. Overcoming negative thoughts is part of what makes us human; we are imperfect, after all.

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You Can’t Rely on a VC for Your Hardest Decisions

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*. What is the role of a VC for entrepreneurs? I suppose it can be different for every founder and for different VCs but I’d like to offer you some context on what I think it is and it isn’t. I was recently contacted by an entrepreneur who was consider a few different business models for his company.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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If you prefer the super short version – I’ve summarized the post in the final section. I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. This article originally ran on PEHub. They are frustrated by the past decade of subpar returns for the sector.