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How to Raise Investment Capital - According to VC Jeff Clavier

ReadWriteStart

Money man and pundit Paul Kedrosky also spoke at the International Startup Festival and offered humorous, blunt advice about how to get what you want from investors and investment bankers. Kedrosky: "In the 90's I was an analyst through all this [tech investment and IPO] madness.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Tom La Vecchia, X Factor Media ! #2 More importantly, we continue to help the community through pro-bono projects, supporting non-profits and charitable campaigns, and giving back where and when we can. 6 – Investment Banker. Thanks to Katie Wagner, Katie Wagner Social Media ! #9

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Helping Entrepreneurs Buy And Sell Their Agencies

Duct Tape Marketing

Since 2015, her company, Barney, has guided over 150 media, marketing & tech companies through acquisitions. So yeah, I just recognized, gosh, there's this huge gap above a business broker below an investment banker. John Jantsch (14:01): Well, that happened 10 years ago, social media, only agents.

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Helping Entrepreneurs Get To Where They Want To Go Faster

Duct Tape Marketing

In fact, a recent episode, they titled Half Baked Marketing Ideas They Got Down In the Weeds, talked about some outside of the box campaigns with real businesses. Carolyn Rodz (03:04): So I started out actually my career as an investment banker and jumped into entrepreneurship quite blindly. What's your history like?

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Here’s How To Make Your Startup Irresistible To Investors

YoungUpstarts

My company, Syte, just received its Series B investment for $21.5 Media outlets like VentureBeat and TechCrunch talked about the fact that we’re only three years old and if you read these articles, you might believe we’re an “overnight success.” Because that’s exactly what it is. I’m speaking from firsthand experience.

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Here’s How To Make Your Startup Irresistible To Investors

YoungUpstarts

My company, Syte, just received its Series B investment for $21.5 Media outlets like VentureBeat and TechCrunch talked about the fact that we’re only three years old and if you read these articles, you might believe we’re an “overnight success.” Because that’s exactly what it is. I’m speaking from firsthand experience.

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

David Teten

“We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. I use Hootsuite to coordinate my social media activity, which consists of Teten.com, PEVCTech.com , Linkedin , AngelList , and (passively) Twitter and Facebook. 10) Report.