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How Lemming VCs Cause Venture Recessions

Mucker Lab

Combined with the usual summer slowdown, some are already raising the spectre of 2001 or 2008. Let’s not even get started with “on-demand” or “subscription e-commerce.” Out of hundreds of social networks launched, only one changed the world. The “venture recession” of 2016 is in full swing.

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Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouhi

SoCal CTO

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. I've known Farida for quite a while. Maybe ten years. Having fun again.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

He or she might call himself a “consulting CTO,&# “freelance CTO,&# “on-demand CTO,&# “CTO on call,&# “CTO for hire,&# or just a “technology strategy advisor.&# Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Why are consulting CTOs so scarce?

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. Meet early. Not so much.

Developer 366
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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. Dan Kimerling: I love 2001: a Space Odyssey. Dan Kimerling: There are a couple of dimensions.