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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

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Through comment conversations with many of you I tried to emphasize that it isn’t enough to just have one attribute. VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. You need the whole package. You have kids, a mortgage, MBA debt?

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

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One of things I’ve loved the most about doing now 11 weeks of This Week in VC is a chance to have an hour-long recorded conversation with investors. One of the most difficult things to do as a first time entrepreneur is to get to know the investors you might be working with if you accept money. Venture Financings we Discussed.