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Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

In the startup world, opportunities are fleeting, and obstacles are ubiquitous. Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

Startups and angels: Along the way to success.   This frequently leads to lots of expense just to get to an understanding of what’s being asked for. .   This frequently leads to lots of expense just to get to an understanding of what’s being asked for. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC.

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

In this post, I wanted to deconstruct the various pieces of the flywheel that drives the Creator Economy, as well as the challenges, and opportunities for startups in this space. Copyright, or the lack thereof – it’s hard for creators to prevent illegal distribution of their IP. Source: A16Z, 1,000 true fans?

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Fear of Failure and Lack of Speed In a Large Corporation

Steve Blank

I pointed out to Bob the irony – in a large company “fear of failure” inhibits speed and risk taking while in a startup “fear of failure” drives speed and urgency. Startups have finite time and resources to find product/market fit before they run out of money. They’ve found product/market fit (what products customers want to buy).

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

Hacker News new | comments | ask | jobs | submit login Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. I work for a stealth startup. While this may be the case for many startups, this is not true at least in our case. Ran if for two years before we shut it down with almost no revenue achieved. Shocking, I know.

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East meets West: Why Chinese app developers are targeting US smartphone owners

The Next Web

The larger your customer base, the more opportunities for monetization, and therefore the more attractive your startup is for investors. In this aspect, China’s huge market seems ripe for the taking — and which firms are better-placed to do so than homegrown startups, especially app developers looking to conquer the mobile market?

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable: Bootstrapping Comes in Many Flavors

ReadWriteStart

Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself. One of the members of the audience asked a question: Is the gaming space too crowded? Tags: StartUp 101.