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Why it is hard for VCs to say ‘no’ and why that ‘no’ could be good news for an entrepreneur

The Next Web

Prior to Credo, Andrej worked at an early growth fund Benson Oak, the first backer of AVG Technologies . They speak about how they love to help entrepreneurs build successful companies, yet when I ask them to give me feedback on my business plan or idea, they usually don’t even bother writing me back. VCs are arrogant. VCs are cowards.

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Separated at Birth: Techstars and Startup Weekend

David Cohen

At these events (there about 1,000 per year from Boulder to Mongolia to Chile to New Zealand), entrepreneurs and the community gather to build startups in 54 hours. The end result was an expanded community of entrepreneurs here in Boulder, many of whom I still keep in touch with today. Events were happening all over the world.