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What are the most valuable recommendations in order to raise money from VCs connected via Gust?

Gust

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. One of the primary ones is the referral source.

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May Your Help Be Wanted

Austin Startup

Several conversations over the last month have turned to the topic of helping entrepreneurs. My suggestion to you as a prospective mentor is to align yourself with a program where there is some thoughtful curation of the matchmaking process that adds needed bias in favor of the best possible pairings.

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Advice for VCs from a serial founder

Austin Startup

Just as you look at deal flow as a funnel, a good CEO disqualifies and moves on. If you’re an associate then most of your work is on deal flow and analysis. If an introduction was properly curated (meaning double opt in) then you need to treat it with great care. A good CEO is likely a sales person by nature.

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The case for investing in innovative online retail businesses

The Equity Kicker

I’m also a fan of focused investment strategies – they allow you to build expertise resulting in better investment decisions and better deal flows as entrepreneurs seek out your expertise. Proprietary product or uniquely curated experiences. Operational excellence. I couldn’t agree more.

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Economic Diplomacy and Tech Startups: the “What” and “How” of an Honorary Consul of France in…

Austin Startup

As a lawyer I had been discovering France’s tech ecosystem and deal flow to see how technology commercialization works in France?—?with It turns out that what I was doing all along as a francophone/francophile lawyer building connections across France and Texas, and working to support French startups and connections in the U.S.,

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Insights from the Most Active Investor in Silicon Valley

ReadWriteStart

The Deal Flow Session. The model that’s worked consistently is the deal flow session. Deal flow is a specifically targeted, curated, matchmaking session between a problem area for a large, Fortune 100 company and the startup ecosystem. That’s all great in theory,” I told Will.

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TECHSTARS AUSTIN KICKS OFF 2020 MENTORSHIP-DRIVEN ACCELERATOR CLASS, REVEALS 10 SELECTED STARTUPS

Austin Startup

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, announced the 10 startups selected for the 2020 class of Techstars Austin. This will be followed by an Investor Week starting March 9, where Techstars Austin will curate meetings with investors from all over the United States. billion.

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