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From the book: “So you want to be an entrepreneur” by Jon Gillespie-Brown. There are certain qualities common to many Entrepreneurs. It’s safe to say that most successful Entrepreneurs possess at least some, and probably the majority, of these characteristics. This is not exclusive to entrepreneurship. If you want to be successful in anything you…
I read all Mark Suster’s posts and I recommend you do too. Mark stands out for me as he is well “traveled” in all respects of the word: in life, in business, and in investing. This makes his perspectives quite unique in the US VC ecosystem and also, I think he is much less worried…
I really, really like this set of sessions…they are like gold and that’s from a guy who has been doing this for 30 years. Its hard to get stuff so well done and condensed, and that’s what I like, its covers all the ground and does so in really great detail (but not too much).…
I watch tons of videos, few as good as this, some really great analogies and thoughts across the board. Take the time to watch this…it’s worth it.
This is one of the best videos I have ever watched to help startups see what makes sense in coming up with an idea and other great lessons, how to avoid building something no one cares about, what angels want…esp. minute 4-7 if you only have a sort amount of time. Especially useful for Internet…
Like most people I hate writing business plans, I want to get on with the business at hand rather than keep writing and re-writing lots of words about what I plan to do! This must also be true for many investors too, as they don’t enjoy reading them, they prefer a pitch or PowerPoint! However,…
This topic is always a hot one for founders when they are considering VC money! Or indeed when they are talking with private equity companies. I wanted to write about it as a very talented friend of mine was just “fired” after navigating the recession and raising a $30M round in this climate! They fired…
Paul Graham, as you may know founded Y combinator and also writes very useful essays on various topics many of which I think are excellent and say so here in this blog. He really got a double whammy recently when he not only applied his detailed and thoughtful style but had the extra benefit of…
Entrepreneurs come from an incredibly broad range of places, cultures, religions and are obviously from either sex. As such compiling the perfect list is impossible, so this list is one perspective! I have already written extensively about the myths and top traits of the entrepreneur from my point of view, so what’s it like from…
Writing a good and punchy “elevator pitch” is way harder than most people think. Plus I find that I really need to teach this skill a lot with my Stanford and UC Berkeley MBA’s to help them both with distilling their ideas, perfecting their business plans and finally pitching VCs – so this skill turns…
If you are making any form of presentation you will benefit from these quick tips. Get the content and flow right: First, make the presentation flow correctly – as most presentations are trying to convince someone of something, I tend to use the old A-I-D-A (a 1950s acronym for Attention/Interest/Desire/Action) system to build to a…
Saw a fantastic post at http://www.infochachkie.com/corevalues/ – right on the money as usual! As the CEO of an early stage high-tech venture and having started a few I have to say that as you grow the “culture problem” can be a real challenge to the business. In uncle Sam’s post be states that his quoted…
Writing about “how-to” startup could take 1000s page or just a few. In the last 20+ years of doing this I have learned a lot, mostly through my own dumb mistakes and I would say that again if you had to choose the best advice for a startup success (non-task related) it would be persistence/determination.…
This is a superb piece by Jay Abraham on creating your USP. I really like his many books and reference materials and suggest you take a look at them if you are in sales or marketing. This is a direct quote from one of his articles, see the reference to his web site at the…
How to get references Always get references as a way to Exclude candidates and get them very early. Always check: 2 bosses, 2 Peers, 2 Staff, 2 Customers and other colleagues/VCs etc. Also, try to get other non-provided names to give a view of the candidate if possible for a totally independent view. The Email…
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