deal architect

JANUARY 3, 2016

Six books and six years ago, I wrote a tome that I feel honored people still quote and debate like Jon Reed just did at Diginomica and on Twitter. The New Polymath came about because I was seeing so many.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

In the VC insider baseball world a discussion has gone on about “VC platforms” over the past 5 or so years. While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. Examples of VC platform services include: recruiting, marketing, design support, inside sales reps, consulting, accounting services and so forth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2016

If you define your self-worth as an entrepreneur by how busy you are, it’s time to find another lifestyle. We all know people who are extraordinarily busy, but never seem to accomplish anything. For survival, entrepreneurs need to be all about accomplishing results that matter for themselves, their team, and their customers. That’s productivity. Why is this so hard?

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2016

The first time I experienced someone accidentally wiped out a full set of data was on an IBM PC with a Tallgrass Hard Drive and Tape Backup. I was at PetCom Systems, my first real job. It was a Friday evening and I was the only person around. The phone rang and I answered it, “PetCom Systems, how can I help you?” It was a user from somewhere who was trying to back up for the weekend and didn’t know what to do next.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 3, 2016

Over the years flying overseas on a ‘public jet’ has become seriously more comfortable. Sitting back watching a movie, having something to eat and drink in air conditioned comfort ain’t that bad, despite the ill founded whinging. Yet, the time it takes to fly across the nation or globe hasn’t improved much in 50 years – or has it?

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Babbling VC

JANUARY 3, 2016

I changed gyms about a year ago due to logistics. Nevertheless, one very odd thing occurred to me at the new place which dumbfounded me for quite some time. A lot of people came into this gym and didn't shower after working out. This seemed very odd to me.on top of being kind of disgusting. Were all the people coming by bike and showering at home? Were they ashamed of showing their imperfect bodies in the shower?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2016

by Andrew Armstrong. When job recruiters receive hundreds of resumes for a single position, it’s only natural that they choose the ones where the applicant appears to have the qualifications necessary to be successful in the position. Unfortunately, this is rarely a good way to predict who will actually do well. Start-up organizations that have neither the time nor the resources to deal with high turnover or alienating customers by hiring the wrong employee are increasingly turning to comp

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Small Business Force

JANUARY 3, 2016

Did I get your attention? And your first reaction? "That's crazy! You have to raise money to get your business off the ground, right?" Wrong! Well, not totally wrong, but wrong in the way most entrepreneurs approach things. I'm part of a dozen or more question boards like FounderDating , Quora, MosaicHub , etc., and I attend or speak at various angel venture forums.

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