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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

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The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice. We shouldn’t be taking the advice of the people that are on this kind of track and weaving it into our own fundraising strategy. So what about all of the above statements—things that founders widely hold to be true barriers to fundraising?

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13 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Best Business Advice

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The best business advice I was given was in my year 10 woodwork class by my teacher—who was teaching woodwork to boys who were both frivolous and quick to make decisions on cutting into beautiful pieces of timber. The best advice I have ever received came from one of my mentors from the US. Demi Markogiannaki—founder at WeTeachMe.

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Advice from an entrepreneurship expert, with Professor Michael Goldberg

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Michael answered questions from network members requesting advice for their entrepreneurial endeavors. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs and professionals looking to finance their business? What advice do you have for businesses operating in unstable environments? Getting started with digital marketing.

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7 EO members share the best business advice they ever received

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Here’s what seven EO members shared when asked, “What is the best business advice you ever received?” The advice that would set me on a path to entrepreneurial stardom. I thought, “What kind of advice and insight is that?”. ” If I outgrow you, I will fire you! “If If I outgrow you, I will fire you!”

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Advice from Warren Rustand: Put Your Head Down and Walk Into the Storm

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Rustand says he’s had calls from more than 300 business leaders at small and medium-sized companies looking for advice. The post Advice from Warren Rustand: Put Your Head Down and Walk Into the Storm appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. The last third seems like they will make it.

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The Bad Advice Diverse Founders are Given Around Fundraising

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I can't think of a single time when a white man came to pitch me and I told him his fundraising plans weren't aggressive enough. Yet this is a message I'm giving to women and people of color all the time. It's not that this latter group isn't aggressive enough--after all, they're ditching everything else they could to to start companies.

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

Both Sides of the Table

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. This is part of a series on fund-raising advice for entrepreneurs and VCs. Why you should never have a data room?—?the Wait, there’s more!

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