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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

This is best told in this amazing and brutally honest piece by Alan Patricof where he talks about the recent difficult fund raising experience at Greycroft [they just raised a $130 million fund]. But even great funds that are not in this historic and long-established funds will not find fund raising easy.

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Take A Chance On Yourself

Feld Thoughts

While I don’t know what changes I can expect to experience in the coming year I have already determined that I am happiest and most productive when I seek to live with balance.

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The Benefits of Top-Down Thinking & Why it is Critical to Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

How can that be effective? &# Well, we know the basic structure of the problem we’re trying to solve and we have hypotheses about what some of the answers will be based on our experience. And few people in my experience do this well so many board meetings wander. I needed no data for this discussion. It’s not.

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‘Tis the season of interviewing (for jobs)

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Support this with specific examples and evidence from your past experiences. In 60 seconds, how would you sell the interviewer that you’re the right person for the job? This is important during the “tell me about yourself&# part. Pause to answer questions. A thoughtful answer is more important than a quick answer lacking details.

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You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers

Austin Startup

If you can’t look at comprehensive data across all of your efforts and iterate towards a better overall experience, you’re stuck treating symptoms and not diseases. But at a macro level, marketers and service professionals need to be able to draw insights – cause and effect is everything in customer care.

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I Want My CIC! … The Benefits for Startups to Be Co-Located

Both Sides of the Table

If anyone has experience, advice or dollars and wants to help please be in touch. Anyone have positive or negative experience in such an incubator? I don’t think having a few facilities in a city is competitive – hopefully we’ll find a way to make it collaborative.

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Role Model Entrepreneur: Brad Bergersen Interview

Startup Professionals Musings

Marty: Was your first business venture a positive and learning experience? That means that you must block out all negativity and doubt you experience. I found the concept of closing escapes many, so I’ve written a book (scheduled out this year) “Close The Damn Sale.” Brad: Probably my first 100 ideas were not successful.