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Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

They want to see that you have some unique advantage that differentiates your company from others in your industry, and they’d prefer that you have some experience in that industry, which gives you legitimate insight into the problem you’re attempting to solve. As you develop it, consider it from the VC’s perspective.

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How and Where to Write About Technology in Your Business Plan

Up and Running

Establish technology as a differentiator, when it is. Even if technology isn’t the driving force of your business or your main differentiator, these days, almost all businesses have to manage technology as part of branding, marketing, and communications. That’s a great way make your reader run in the other direction!

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc. Any function within your startup that involves iterative learning, passion and/or close proximity to your customers should not be outsourced. In Beware The Consultant, I describe how you can structure such equity-based [.].

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5 Things Startups Can Learn from Angel Investors

Up and Running

I have to admit, I’ve seen some judges of graduate-level business plan competitions care about IRR, but never an actual angel investor during actual due diligence. Professional services such as attorneys, accountants, consultants, and design or product development companies are classic body shop businesses that can’t scale.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

While we love getting ideas from our team and have seen some stellar product development and user experience decisions generate from brainstorming and having an open office environment, we try not to let everything come to a vote. It also helps validate the demand for your product.

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