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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

Both Sides of the Table

Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. This is akin in the US to having sales staff in NY, SF & LA with your HQ in one of these locations. I *think* he found the conversation relieving and confirming.

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3 Essentials for Selling Your Marketing Plan to Investors

Gust

And I’m generalizing here from what I’ve seen in the three dozen or so pitches and plans I’m exposed to in a year, plus my discussions with other angel investors in my group, and investors I meet as fellow judges in business plan competitions. . Caveat: generalizations are dangerous. I see three essentials: .

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

I truly believe this is the year where quantum dots make a name for themselves in agriculture, and so its about marketing, sales, manufacturing, and generally about traction in the market. There are other soft factors like sales cycle speed, marketing potential, competition, defensibility, and technology readiness level.

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

The reason I like deer-hunting businesses is that from my own experiences, I can see a clear path to bring in sales profitably. high lifetime value) price such that you can get customers through partnerships / outbound sales / lead gen + inside sales / etc which generally also have some fair cost to acquire customers.

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

The reason I like deer-hunting businesses is that from my own experiences, I can see a clear path to bring in sales profitably. high lifetime value) price such that you can get customers through partnerships / outbound sales / lead gen + inside sales / etc which generally also have some fair cost to acquire customers.