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I met with an investor, what happens next?

This is part of my ongoing series, “Pitching a VC.”  Getting a meeting with a prominent angel or VC is difficult enough.  Some advice on how to do that was covered in this link – Getting Access to a VC.

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Most Startups Should be Deer Hunters

This post is part of my series “Startup Lessons“ Elephants, Deer and Rabbits – Some thoughts on start-up segmentation Nearly all of the mistakes I made at my first company I fixed by the time of my second company.  This

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Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid

This is part of my ongoing series “Start-up Lessons”. Startups are hot again.  I have family members asking if they can “get in on some deals,” every town is launching an incubator (or 3) and the papers are filled with

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Do you need a Powerpoint deck for a VC meeting?

This is part of my ongoing series “Pitching a VC.” The “Triple Play” of VC Presentations A large part of my series has been outlining what the typical VC PowerPoint presentation should look like.  Some readers have commented that in

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You’re most vulnerable right after you win a deal

This is part of my ongoing series, “Start-up Lessons.” Recently I wrote a blog post about how I hated losing, but I embrace it.  My starting line with every entrepreneur is that everything I learned about being an entrepreneur I

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Mark Suster is a 2x entrepreneur who has gone to the Dark Side of VC. He joined GRP Partners in 2007 as a General Partner after selling his company to Salesforce.com. He focuses on early-stage technology companies. Read more about Mark.

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