Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. they told you it was a great meeting but then they don’t respond to emails) DO NOT ASSUME it means they’re not engaged. Sometimes?—?best

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Such positions include: PR, Sales, Product Development, Lead Generation, Strategic Planning, Fund Raising, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. When I get these inevitable emails or calls I respond the same way, “It’s a shame for me that I’m too late to your process.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. But I sometime see people get bogged down in PR releases, cancelation clauses, minimum guarantees, whatever. I always made them commit in an email to the day they would ship documents and then I’d hold them too it.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2014

We had an email conversation about the rationality, or lack of rationality, of professional investors. The firm hires a lot of PhDs to do research and come out with a wonder drug, and then markets it widely with tons of PR. Among the more thoughtful respondents was Terri Chernick , Chief Investment Officer, The Koffler Group.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Head this off at the pass: once a customer makes a purchase, send them a short email asking them about their experience. Email and customer feedback forms. If your revenue model is based on advertising in an email newsletter, you’ll want to compare the number of subscribers. Why is confirming/dis-confirming data relevant?

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

We’ll also be sending out a follow-up email after this webinar and we will be recording the broadcast and making it available as well. You need to have an ongoing communication strategy with your existing customers and frankly, guys, email is simply the best way to do that. You do not want to chase anybody that you think has money.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Too much PR, too early. Review our Guide to Reverse Due Diligence on Investors. Sent you an email as well. While we certainly made more than seven mistakes during the nearly four-year life of Monitor110, I think these top the list. The lack of a single, “the buck stops here” leader until too late in the game.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

However, the individual above was adamant that we should have a PR campaign to let the entrepreneurial community know that we dont participate or support this practice. I have put together a list of questions to ask your angel investor group contact: Do you charge any fees to present or during the due diligence process?

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Wow, it looks like every.NET developer was sent a mass email saying to complain about the original post! Two startups I have worked for were about *extending* messaging security, not reinventing email. I tried to continue reading but it is obvious that you are closer to PR or marketing than to the tech area. Guess what?

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