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Still Teaching Air Guitar? University Entrepreneurship in the Age of AI(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
2 points by ceonyc 7mo ago|1 comments
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by ceonyc 7mo ago
Sixteen years ago, I wrote that, “Business plan competitions are the air guitar championships of the startup world.” I meant that you can mimic all the movements of a startup without any of the real risk-taking or building. My criticism the
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Five Tips for Giving a Professional or Technical Talk(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
3 points by ceonyc 6y ago|0 comments
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Real talk on fundraising for a small fund(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
2 points by ceonyc 6y ago|0 comments
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by ceonyc 6y ago
Separately, why there isn't a tool used by the mortgage broker to facilitate this, I have no idea. It's a nightmare of documents and tasks that makes the whole process 8 times as long.
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Sometimes being a founder is boring(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
2 points by ceonyc 6y ago|0 comments
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by ceonyc 6y ago
Tweak based on feedback is exactly right! Only problem is that VCs normally don't give any!
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by ceonyc 6y ago
They actually weren't "grading" per say. They were answering questions like "Have you seen anything else like this?" and rating teams with multiple choice answers like "This is one of the best teams I've s
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Analyzing pitches to find what gets VCs interested in a meeting(feedback.vc)
236 points by ceonyc 6y ago|64 comments
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by ceonyc 10y ago
So psyched for Daniela and Jorge--this is the product they had in mind when they first started the company.
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Step Up: A message to startup employees(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
1 points by ceonyc 12y ago|0 comments
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What to do when things aren't working at your startup(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
1 points by ceonyc 12y ago|0 comments
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How to Choose Your First VC(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
1 points by ceonyc 12y ago|0 comments
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by ceonyc 13y ago
It's so dangerous to look at the exceptions to the rule and extrapolate out strategy. How much money did they raise before revenue? Is it a good strategy to start a business by saying "Step 1, raise $100mm in VC money." Th
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by ceonyc 13y ago
Part of the problem is that pitching VCs and investors is a well documented process these days. It feels easier. Plus, you're selling a dream/spin/hope/promise... and that you believe in. Taking money for a product me
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A Template for Updating Your Investors(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
2 points by ceonyc 14y ago|1 comments
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Why Docracy is the Most Revolutionary Company of Our Time(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
2 points by ceonyc 14y ago|0 comments
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How your startup is getting lapped by companies who know how to hire(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
117 points by ceonyc 14y ago|28 comments
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by ceonyc 14y ago
haha... not the first time I've heard it and it never ceases to be hilarious.
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by ceonyc 14y ago
"If you're a nobody, no investor wants to talk to you." Well, sure if you go in with the pitch that you are, in fact, a nobody, then I'd certainly be less interested. Who wants to talk to someone who isn't confident that what they're doing
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by ceonyc 14y ago
I did get to meet a lot of entrepreneurs there... but I knew her, so I said hello. I let the entrepreneur finish b/c I didn't want to interrupt and it was only two min anyway.
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25 Things that make hiring technical talent much easier(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
13 points by ceonyc 15y ago|0 comments
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Startup Recruiting Hacks(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
4 points by ceonyc 16y ago|0 comments
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Business Development for Early Stage Startups(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
3 points by ceonyc 16y ago|0 comments
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by ceonyc 16y ago
First Round Capital (my employer) Floodgate Techstars Best way to find out the value of each is to talk to people who have worked directly with each.
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The Amazing Disappearing Angel Round—and why it’s worth preserving(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
11 points by ceonyc 16y ago|3 comments
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Is Mark Zuckerberg the Howard Roark of the web?(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
2 points by ceonyc 16y ago|1 comments
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Crawling the web for career data from resumes so your career doesn't have to suck.(path101.com)
2 points by ceonyc 18y ago|0 comments
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Crowdsourced '09 Predictions on Video(thisisgoingtobebig.com)
1 points by ceonyc 18y ago|0 comments
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by ceonyc 18y ago
Because people have no sense of humor? Beats the hell out of me, and I wrote it. They're debating it on the comments of the post itself, too. I thought it was pretty obviously tongue-in-cheek, but maybe I should have suggested that Mark

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