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Watching Larry Ellison become Larry Ellison — The DNA of a Winner

Steve Blank

In Oracle’s early days Kathryn Gould was the founding VP of Marketing, working there from 1982 to 1984. Portability (databases had previously been shackled to the specific machines they ran on). Being distributed/network ready (even though Ethernet was just barely coming into use in the enterprise). Back then he advocated for.

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6 Reasons To Build A Working Model Of Your Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Every entrepreneur has to deal with the realities of constant change in today’s market, and it’s much easier to pivot the pre-production prototype than to dispose of unsellable inventory.

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6 Ways A Prototype Will Add Value To Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Every entrepreneur has to deal with the realities of constant change in today’s market, and it’s much easier to pivot the pre-production prototype than to dispose of unsellable inventory.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. 2) Market . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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Kickstart Your Startup Credibility With A Prototype

Startup Professionals Musings

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Every entrepreneur has to deal with the realities of constant change in today’s market, and it’s much easier to pivot the pre-production prototype than to dispose of unsellable inventory.

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Many thanks to David Rose , Ilana Grossman , Justin Stanwix , and the whole Gust team for making the Gust Blog such a valuable platform and resource for entrepreneurs and angel investors. Building and populating databases of user-supplied information and content (copyright). Easier said than done!)

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Take Your Idea To The Next Level With A DIY Prototype

Startup Professionals Musings

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Every entrepreneur has to deal with the realities of constant change in today’s market, and it’s much easier to pivot the pre-production prototype than to dispose of unsellable inventory.