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Will Your Startup Get Venture Capital or IPO in 2013?

Startup Professionals Musings

Practice every step, including the elevator pitch to get the first meeting. Get introduced via one of the social networks, or a professional organization, before you approach a VC with a business proposal. Remember you only have one chance for a good first impression. Identify the right people in the right venture firms.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

Some sites to check out: CoFounderNetwork.com PartnerUp.com Namesake.com - more of a social network, but still a good way to network TechCofounder.com Foundrs.com Startuplinkup.com Cofoundrs.com You can try finding folks via [link] StackOverflow.com Oh, and often there are forums for particular technologies where you can look.

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company.

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company.

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A New Way to Teach Entrepreneurship – The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford: Class 1

Steve Blank

Each team gave each professor a three-minute elevator pitch for their idea, and we let them know if it was good enough for the class. JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites.

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

Gust

At the very least, answer ALL the profile questions, include your company’s logo, create a two-minute elevator pitch video and upload your presentation deck. There’s no use banging your head against a VC’s door with a social network venture if they only invest in biotech companies.

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6 Keys To Translating Technology Into Business Value

Startup Professionals Musings

Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app, highlighting the mashup technology, which you derived from early online social networking applications. Highlight the mashup use of existing friendly interfaces, and use of existing data in a new solution.