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don't 'sell past the close.' once someone has bought in, just smile and get the paperwork done. (@christine) |
Sending a cartoon explaining your business instead of a business plan = total win (@aweissman) |
realize that you are stealing time from other startups when you reschedule your pitch last-minute, fail to show up, or miss an intro cal ... |
LLOse the LLC if you plan to raise money from a venture firm. (@bryce) |
using buzzwords like web 3.0 or web 4.0 in an intro email is actually buzzkill (@fredwilson) |
good luck to hussein today. to all you folks in the US, pls make the rest of us 5.7bn proud :) (@cape) |
Find a revenue model that is consistent with the grain of your product or service
(@aweissman) |
may I never tire of hearing entrepreneurs describe the solution to an integration issue as needing to "tap into their backend" (@bryce) |
save the if then statements for logic class. too many conditional dependencies make for a highly suspect business model (@bryce) |
When taking on a strategic investor, keep in mind it's about their strategy, not yours (@aweissman) |
suffering death by bullet point! remember, your presentation ought to act as conversational lubricant not a conversation killer (@bryce) |
There is a thin line separating healthy optimism from deadly overconfidence. (@albertwenger) |
You might want to rethink any company name that is two syllables and the last syllable is "job." (@robhayes) |
OH from @davidhornik: one VCs next google is anothers wasted hour. venture investing is still more art than science (@bryce) |
avoid TMI moments by clearing your browser history before a live demo. URL dropdowns can reveal more than you want us to know (@bryce) |
"Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful" Warren Buffet (@aweissman) |
I'm cool with couples starting companies together. But if you want to make out before your pitch get a room, not my conference room (@bryce) |
I loved meeting you at that cocktail event and your company is neat but would be great if you could get the pitch down from 10 minutes t ... |
CEOs: don't make your engineers wear suits to investor meetings. a shower, a little deodorant maybe a clean shirt is all we ask (@bryce) |
