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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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“Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. They are releasing their first commercial product in Q4.”…” So you will see the instantiation of this first in video conferencing at the higher end.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

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I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. In the video I also covered why you shouldn’t raise too much money too early in your company’s existence. Minutes 11-16 in the video. << And I talked a lot about persistence in the video. This is wrong. I eventually needed more money.

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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

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Investors who commit early deserve to have a lower price. I argued it in my post on how social proof helps fund raising with angel investors. “what you really need to get an angel round together are your “anchor tenants.” But that’s what great angels do. &# rings true to me.

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On Funding?—?Shots on Goal

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We try to balance deals across (amongst other things): cyber-security, FinTech, computer vision, marketplaces, video games & gaming infrastructure, marketing automation, applied biology & healthcare systems, sustainability and eCommerce. We do other things, too.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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The dinner parties now are filled with self-righteous angel investors bragging about how many deals they are in on. The best angels will do very well just at the best real estate investors did well in good times and bad. And so Buzzkill Suster continues. It is the new cocktail party conversation.

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My Chat with Dan Primack of PEHub

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I always wanted to have Dan on This Week in VC with Dan Primack ( to see video click link ) because he’s blunt, honest, opinionated and well informed. Too many people have been burned in past and if angels get burned that will kill a lot of needed early investors. That’s thanks to Dan Primack , founding editor.