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State of the Tech Markets in 2023

Gurley, Gerstner, and Calacanis on the State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024

State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024: a discussion among David Weisburd, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner, and Jason Calacanis shed light on the challenges faced by startups, drawing parallels to the dotcom crash. Gurley, Gerstner, and Calacanis on the State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024   In a Jan-6-2024 conversation (on Episode 1875 of …

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8 Questions to ask before signing up for a pitch competition

Before paying money to pitch, it’s important to ask relevant questions to ensure you make an informed decision. Pitching to investors may secure funding and help accelerate your business. Here are questions you should consider asking before you sign up for a pitch competition: What is the format and duration of the pitch event? Understanding …

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Lean Canvas Finances

Lean Canvas Finances is part of a five part series by Ed Ipser where he explains how to use the Lean Canvas and what it is good for. Focus Marketing Operation Finances Experimentation In this Lean Canvas – Finance session, Ed Ipser shares how to identify your own revenue and cost structure and how to create …

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Investment Presentation Formats

If you have bootstrapped your startup to the point where you have a business that both merits and would benefit from outside investment then you may need to consider seeking investment. Here are some common formats we have seen for an investor presentation.

Dan Scheinman’s Blue Ocean Venture Strategy: Target Entrepreneurs Over 35

Dan Scheinman (@dscheinm) graduated from Duke Law School in 1988  and went to work as an associate at DLA Piper  before joining the Cisco legal department. Once inside he worked his way up to General Counsel, then ran corporate development which included managing minority investments and acquisitions, and finally was general manager for Cisco’s Media Solutions …

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Draper University of Heroes Takes Holistic Approach to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Tim Draper, founder of the VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson,  is taking a holistic approach to entrepreneurial education with his “Draper University for Heroes” in San Mateo. Here is a promo video from the school’s website. [vimeo clip_id=”45872530″ width=”400″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″] In a planning document submitted to the City of San Mateo on March 16, …

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Three Useful Tools: MyPermissions, SocialMention, HackerFollow

MyPermissions: Checks for third party application access to your Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Instagram, and Flickr accounts. SocialMention: Allows you to do keyword and phrase search across more than one hundred social media sites including Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, YouTube, Digg, Google, etc… HackerFollow: follow comments and posts by your favorite Hacker News contributors

Isaac Garcia on “Bootstrapping Central Desktop” at Feb-11 BB in Milpitas

Isaac Garcia, co-founder and CEO of Central Desktop, will share “Lessons Learned Bootstrapping Central Desktop” at the Milpitas Bootstrappers Breakfast® on February 11, 2011 at 7:30am. Central Desktop delivers a SaaS collaboration platform that helps businesses manage projects and documents in the cloud with colleagues, customers and partners. Isaac Garcia (@isaacgarcia) oversees business strategy and …

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