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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. First, understand your audience. Reid Hoffman.

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5 Myths About Building A Successful Brand And Business

YoungUpstarts

Choose your social media channels wisely — and be active on them, providing content that builds rapport and loyalty with your audience. Even in the early stages of business ownership, reconsider trying to tackle every aspect of starting and running the company yourself. You should handle everything yourself in the beginning.

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19 Psychological Tactics for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

ConversionXL

Strategy: Convey Your Reputation. You also need to convey your personal background and reputation. How can you reveal your reputation? Before launching your campaign, build your community reputation. Narratives help overcome resistance in two ways : They reduce the audience’s tendency to counterargue your message.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

In fact, recent research shows that 75% of startups fail (based on a study of 2,000 startups that received VC funding from 2004 to 2010). But dont underestimate the importance of achieving a basic threshold of "this looks good (and reputable)." If so, I hate to break it to you, but theres a good chance it will fail.

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