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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

Both Sides of the Table

I know of at least 2 deals from that cohort that are either funded ( Backupify ) or nearly funded (can’t really disclose, I’m not sure if it’s yet closed and/or announced. My personal favorite and best fit for GRP Partners was Thumbtack. I’m a huge supporter of his initiative to help end this practice.

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Starting Up In Singapore (Part I) – Product/Market Fit

YoungUpstarts

1 or 2 player in the market, the business will be cash flow positive and growing at a reasonable amount. As a startup in Asia, the top 2 markets to start from are China , and India. Startups in this category have the know how, mindset, confidence and product differentiation to address the global market from day one.

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Conference Notes on Sourcing Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity

David Teten

High Road Capital Partners Deal Sourcing Keynote. Fitzsimmons, High Road Capital Partners. Deal aggregation websites Increasing in popularity, trying to increase market efficiency. Prestegaard, High Road Capital Partners. Glickman, Resilience Capital Partners LLC Luke Johnson, Platinum Equity LLC Robert B.

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How to Build a Restaurant Sales Forecast

Up and Running

Or perhaps she has a partner, spouse, friend, or even a consultant who can make educated guesses. At $10 per lunch and $2 per coffee or beverage, that’s roughly $15,000 in lunches, $2,000 in lunch beverages, and $4,000 in coffees in a month. Magda estimates lunches at $10 each, coffee at $2 each, and beverages also at $2 each.

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How to Write a Business Plan

Up and Running

The reasoning for that is twofold: 1) you want your business plan to be read (and no one is going to read a 100-page business plan), and 2) your business plan should be accessible, something you continue to use and refine over time. It comes first in your plan and is ideally only 1-2 pages. Business plans should be short and concise.

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

betashop.com

This past week while I was in Tokyo for meetings with potential partners for Fab, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on startups. million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months. It’s not about you, part 2. So, here goes.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

Within 2 years I was getting 400,000 views / month and had been voted the 2nd most respected VC in the country by an independent survey of entrepreneurs, The Funded and sentiment analysis. I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. I wanted to differentiate.

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