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BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009  Are Business Plans Still Necessary?
This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). craze. wares. portfolios. RIP 2.0. Do so at your peril. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2011  Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?
Startup Advice This Week in Venture CapitalAs many of you know I run a weekly webcast called This Week in VC that’s getting between 25-35,000 weekly views across ThisWeekIn.com, YouTube & mostly iTunes. Yesterday’s show floored me. consider Gregg Spiridellis a good friend. Here’s the link. Why do a freemium model? MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2011  How Many Investors are Too Many?
If you plan to do it I highly recommend that most of the VCs be smaller funds and ones who are generally not looking to invest much more after your first round of capital. There are ones I’ve worked with like True Ventures, First Round Capital, Greycroft, Rincon Ventures … just to name a few. love that. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011  Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:
In the video Bill talks about how he started his first entrepreneurial venture at 12 doing a mail-order business (very Tony Hsieh of Zappos who did the same thing). Entrepreneur Advice This Week in Venture CapitalLast night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. Heresy. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2010  Is Convertible Debt Preferable to Equity?
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- What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2010
- Ever Wonder What It’s Like Inside a VC Pitch Meeting? You Can Be a Fly on the Wall Here BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011
- How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012
- VC Funding Season Ends Next Week BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009
- If You Don’t Have a Discrete Hypothesis You Are Incapable of Failing BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2011
- Should Your Startup Have an Advisory Board? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009
- WTF is Traction? A 6-Step Relationship Guide to VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2009
- The Coming Brick Wall in Venture Capital & Why This is Good for US Innovation BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2011
- Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3 BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011
- How to Handle a VC Presentation with No Deck BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2011
- How to Present at Big Meetings without Going Down a Rat Hole BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010
- The State of Venture Capital and the Internet BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011
- VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding! BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009
- 8 Startup Lessons You Could Learn from Gotham Gal BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2011
- Deal with Your Elephant in the Room BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009
- How to Better Manage Relationships with Your VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013
- I met with an investor, what happens next? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
- Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2011
- Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
- Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010
- Good Judgment Comes with Experience, But Experience Comes from Bad Judgment BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009
- Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2010
- How to Deal with Skeletons in your Closet BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009
- The Best VC Meetings are Debates not Sales BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009
- Venture Capital Q&A Session BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010
- Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009
- Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011
- Do you need a Powerpoint deck for a VC meeting? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
- Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like. BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2012
- Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2010
- Time is the Enemy of All Deals BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010
- Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups … BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2011
- WTF is Traction? A 6-Step Relationship Guide to VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2009
- Is it Time for You to Earn or to Learn? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009
- Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011
- Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010
- The Amazing Power of Deflationary Economics for Startups BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2011
- Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
- Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …) BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2011
- What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010
- How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2010
- Startups and VCs Should Avoid “Pier” Funding BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, MAY 23, 2010
- Understanding How Dilution Affects You at a Startup BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2011
- 6 Tips for Building Relationships with Journalists BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2010
- In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2013
- The Entrepreneur Thesis BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010
- 3 Sales Tips for Startups – Creating a Burning Platform BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009
- On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011
- Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2011
- Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
- As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013
- Entrepreneur’s Don’t Think Enough. Here’s What You Can Do About It … BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2012
- What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2011
- 73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2010
- Hiring at a Startup? Know Thy Weaknesses BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2009
- A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011
- How Do You Reference Check a VC? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010
- Why John Frankel Leaned in Early on Klout and Cornerstone OnDemand and What He Sees Next BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2012
- Why Pseudonymity Is Such an Important Concept BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011
- Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid (surviving TC50) BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2009
- Angel / VC Funding in A Frothy Market BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2011
- Why Aren’t There More Female Entrepreneurs? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011
- Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011
- Whose Life are You Going to Change? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010
- Want to Raise Venture Capital More Easily? Clean Up Your Own Shite First BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010
- What Would it Look Like if Elon Musk Pitched a VC Today? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013
- Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012
- Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2010
- This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2 BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010
- Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2011
- This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4 BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010
- Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012
- The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
- How to Raise Money When You’re Not in a Major VC Market BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2013
- Why it’s Critical That you Reference Check Your VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010
- On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011
- What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012
- Don’t Try to “Pull an Instagram.” Here’s Why … BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012
- The Valuable Unsung Heroes of Startups BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012
- A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JULY 25, 2010
- How to Connect with High Volume People BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010
- Should Your Startup Give Performance-Based Warrants? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2010
- How You May be Signaling Price without Knowing It BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011
- The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013
- This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3 BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2010
- The Yo-Yo Life of a Tech Entrepreneur – A Cautionary Tale BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2010
- My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010
- What is the Right Amount of Money to Raise at a Startup? BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
- Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2013
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