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10 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Leverage Networking in Business

Hearpreneur

We try to have each attorney do at least 2 lunches per month with current and potential referral partners. Our view is that high seas raise all boats, and so by helping our referral partners to meet the other referral partners they are looking for we can all do more business and build more referrals for each other.

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14 Points To Consider When Structuring A Deal

YoungUpstarts

Usually a straight commission is sufficient in order to turn over the quality leads that are being generated. Lead Generation vs. Closing. In many industries there is a significant difference and effort that is taken for bringing leads to the table versus the actual closing process. Due Diligence.

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Inaugural Investor Day @ FinTech Innovation Lab

David Teten

Here’s the list of the featured startups and some of my thoughts: Zipmark is using QR codes to replace checks, giving customers and vendors a lower-cost payment solution; Syphr is providing highly personalized credit management and financial optimization applications to improve lead generation for financial institutions and online finance sites; (..)

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

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

David Teten

But in business, you want a lot of partners. However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 2) Market .

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Basing a consultant’s compensation on the incremental revenue they generate is a great example of a deal that is on The Fringe (for other creative approaches to partnering, see Agreements on The Fringe). In the ‘normal’, non-startup world, a consultant will generally accept any engagement in which the client can pay for their services.

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13 Of The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (That May Not Seem Like Mistakes At All)

YoungUpstarts

You can pour your heart and soul (and life savings) into a venture, do all your due diligence, toil 80- and 90-hour weeks, and just when you’re on the verge of a breakthrough, a dark horse competitor sweeps in and decimates your market share. Or a partner defects with your top client. Or a key vendor declares bankruptcy.