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Tag Archives: fundraising
The entrepreneur’s dilemma
“The entrepreneurs dilemma” is a term that @azeem came up with in reference to a post on how to raise money without lying to investors on VentureHacks. The point I wanted to make was that entrepreneurs often have to chose … Continue reading
Posted in startups, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged entrepreneurship, funding, fundraising, startups, VC, Venture Capital, Venture Hacks
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A new spin on pitching and fundraising
Every conference having anything to do with entrepreneurship and venture capital has the obligatory “pitching & fundraising” panel. I’ve been on enough of them to have a sense of how disappointing they can be for the audience. Experienced folks hear … Continue reading
Posted in startups, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged angel financing, funding, fundraising, MIT Emerging Technologies Conference, MIT EmTech, pitching, seed financing, startups, VC, Venture Capital
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Strategies For Startup Success
I gave at talk this morning at Yankee Group. It was part of the SmartSpeaker series that CEO Emily Green has been organizing for a few months now. Many months ago, over breakfast, Emily asked me to give a talk … Continue reading
Posted in startups, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
Tagged bootstrapping, Esther Dyson, Flickr, fundraising, Guy Kawasaki, PayPal, Polaris Venture Partners, startups, VC, Venture Capital, Veracode, Web 2.0, Yankee Group, YouTube
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