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What To Do If You’re a Startup CEO & You Don’t Know How To Sell

Hunter Walker

Especially since VC pattern matching may inappropriately label people this way (can’t sell) who are merely nervous or new to their environment. If things are going great, you still may get a lower valuation or smaller round. Can your lack of interest or skill in “selling” be counter-balanced by a cofounder or team that’s great at it?

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Why We Prefer Founding CEOs

Ben's Blog

When my partner Marc wrote his post describing our firm , the most controversial component of our investment strategy was our preference for founding CEOs. VMware—Diane Greene. (*) While not technically cofounders, Andy Grove and Thomas Watson, Sr. “You’re just a rent-a-rapper, your rhymes are minute-maid.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. Great businesses can be built off this network, starting with matching talent and opportunity. What will that partner tell their partners?