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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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Xconomy San Diego. Q&A: Group Commerce Plans Hires, European Growth with $21M Funding. San Diego ›. View More in San Diego ›. San Francisco ›. View More in San Francisco ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego Events ›.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). It’s interesting that the question is pitch deck’s being obsolete versus business plans being obsolete. So very few investors want Business Plans any more. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest.

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How to Open a Marijuana Dispensary

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We talked with two dispensary owners from pioneering states: Mitch Woolhiser, owner of Northern Lights Cannabis Company in Denver, Colorado, and Lincoln Fish, CEO of OutCo Labs, which manages the dispensary Outliers Collective in San Diego, California. There is a map online that shows all the San Diego county compliant properties.”.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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Well … I have had many late nights and I really didn’t contemplate writing many blog postings this month because I spent November in this interesting venture capital / fund raising dance involving lots of late night sessions reviewing legal documents, rewriting business plans and preparing for pitches. Page 4: Business Model.

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Target Marketing: What Is It?

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Identifying your target market is part of business planning—notice that it’s planning as an ongoing action not just writing a plan as a one-time event. Gathering information about your target market, like business planning, shouldn’t be an exercise you do once and then never revisit. Why: Psychographics.

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