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Twitter Link Roundup #182 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link]. Lean Business: The Very Model of a Modern Spreadsheet – [link]. How to Turn Your Startup Into a Lean, Mean Marketing Machine – [link]. A founder-friendly term sheet – [link]. Sales Leads On A Small Budget – [link].

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How Many Investors Should You Talk to in a VC Fund Raise? And How Do You Prioritize?

Both Sides of the Table

If an investor isn’t engaging then they’re not suddenly going to get a term sheet. If you have a mediocre meeting with a high-quality prospect and you don’t think they’re likely to lean in they drop to a B or C. You can short-hand this as “engagement.” To be clear?—?your your list never stays static.

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Why Confidence is So Important in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

I told him, “I know we don’t yet have a term sheet so you feel you need to listen to everybody’s request. But imagine you were expecting two term sheets imminently. If you don’t act in demand, people will subconsciously know you’re not in demand. How would you act then? It’s human nature?—?

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

Thus, one can say the concept of a “ lean startup ” existed in Asia far longer than in the Valley – it’s just that no one ever wrote a book about it. The term sheets tend to be fairly standardized and straightforward as well. Term sheets are littered with many more obscure protective provisions and onerous terms.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

In very few specific cases, depending on the nature of the business, the business model might demand a considerable gestation period or extensive research and development. It is essential to understand the funding structure stated in your term sheet and the advantages and disadvantages it may have for your business.

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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

To do that we will create end-user demand and drive it into the sales channel, educate the channel and customers about why our products are superior, and help Engineering understand customer needs and desires. We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.),

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

Creating Incremental Strategic Value - Ask the Angels , June 17, 2010 We can easily overlook the level of demand pull when we are assessing strategic value. haven't raised any money for my companies that required a term sheet (just friends & family money in my first company), and yet I still think it is important for a number of reasons.

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