Knowing Your Investor

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Internet Startiups - Something for the Entreprenuer to Consider

Tue, 08/23/2011 - 05:01 — Jim

Many times when I am listening to a pitch for a new Internet or Social Media company, the entrepreneur attempts to categorize their company as another YouTube or Facebook. Now it is entirely possible that this may be true, but it is highly unlikely. More importantly, using companies like YouTube or Facebook create an impression of the type of story we should be listening to hear.

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Another Entrepreneur Mistake - Not Knowing Investors

Tue, 08/23/2011 - 05:00 — Jim

I am constantly surprised when I see an Entrepreneur presenting to a group of investors and they make a real minor league mistake. The one I encountered recently was a company who passed out a Fact Sheet and in the Pro Forma Financial Projections indicated that the financials were available via an NDA.

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This Week in Venture Capital, Worth a Look or Listen

Tue, 08/23/2011 - 04:58 — Jim

Recently, Mark Suster, General Partner @ GRP Partners Venture Capital firm, took over as the host of This Week in Venture Capital a weekly Internet TV show/podcast. The link takes you to a recent show with Jim Armstrong a managing director of Clearstone Ventures.

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Great Article in Today's Wall Street Journal

Tue, 08/23/2011 - 04:37 — Jim

Today’s Wall Street Journal Report is on Entrepreneurship with the lead article on “Why Business Plans Fail” by John Mullins. Along with his description of five common flaws, he also provides six telltale terms that should be avoided and why.

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Working with VC's

Mon, 08/22/2011 - 10:14 — Jim

These are taken from the Blog Posts of very well known Venture Capitalists blogs mainly Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson of The Foundry. Of special note is "Ten Commandments for Entrepreneurs" by Allan Morgan of Mayfield. I combined a series of individual posts that Allan did a couple of years ago. The content is still relevant and a "must read" for any entrepreneur looking to raise funding from the Venture Capital community.

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Knowing Your Investor

Mon, 08/22/2011 - 04:32 — Jim

Having sat through hundreds of entrepreneur presentations, the is a consistent problem that most entrepreneurs really don’t know much about the Angel and Venture Capital (VC) investors they are courting. So, to help in that understanding have been writing and blogging about the subject for some time.

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