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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

Both Sides of the Table

The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. Well, I get nothing out of seeing how well a bunch of people can pitch their businesses on stage. So in 2012 you’ll see me a lot more often at the Launchpad LA offices. Happy 2012 to all of you. We’ll see. TechStars Interactions. Yet I love TechStars.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. What types of things might happen in 2012, as opposed to needing another 3-5 years to come to fruition. That aside, here are ten areas I think you'll see some interesting things happening in 2012.

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Startup Business Funding: 5 Business-Breaking Misconceptions

Dream It

The first time, back in 2012, I joined as part of a mobile gaming company. The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals. I've been an alum of Dreamit twice. It did for me, at least.

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How early should you connect to a VC? Here's some data.

This is going to be BIG.

If all my deals came as intros from trusted connections that I know for years versus at founder pitch events that''s interesting data. If you meet someone at a pitch event, they''ve already got a company and they''re looking to close as quickly as possible. In fact, that''s what I tend to do--at least, what I say that I do.

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Negative Social Proof

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I like to tell the story of when I met Brian Armstrong, the founder of our portfolio company Coinbase in the summer of 2012. Paul Graham had asked me to do office hours at Y Combinator and so I came to their offices and spent four hours meeting sixteen companies in back to back 15 minute pitches.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

June 19th, 2012. June 17th, 2012. Power Pitches. If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. If you’re doing a pitch I’m going to see, I want you to have read this book. June 13th, 2012. June 10th, 2012. June 5th, 2012. June 4th, 2012. Power Pitches.

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Growth with purpose: Q&A with a YLAI Fellow small-business expert

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

I used to pitch ideas to my cousins and my parents of ways I was going to make money. I graduated from college in 2012. As I went on pitching the idea to other groups, I realized that so many companies, not just small ones, were having these problems. We value continuous improvement for quality. What keeps you motivated?

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