This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

For me, I'd rather have a very simple, straightforward business model--one where no one has to think to figure out if I'm giving advice on your next round based on some special vehicle or deal I have on the side. It's definitely not the kind of relationship I want to have as an investor. I'm the King of Leaving Money on the Table."

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MARCH 28, 2010

That’s the classic definition of Grin Fucking. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Unsurprisingly, this one way best. The title IS the post. Don’t be a grin fucker. You know our employees are our most important asset.&#. I grew up and played sports all my life.

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AUGUST 14, 2010

It surprising how few people actually follow through this this advice. One of the most practical pieces of early career advice I got was “don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions.&# The message was clear. having quantification in the problem definition always helps. Tags: Startup Advice.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

It definitely is an IQ test thing for me. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. My constituencies were broad and I felt like going deep into one single area would have bored large groups of the people on any topic I picked. If you practiced you sure would realize that nobody could read it.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Start by defining the problem you’re solving – I see way too many early-stage entrepreneurs who start their companies with a product definition rather than a market problem. I covered this a bit in my post about the market definition slide in fund raising. Here’s my take on the topic: 1. Kind of the obvious next step.

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JUNE 4, 2013

I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! If it’s the former your company will definitely start to top out at some point. Startup Advice' He then brought her to board meetings so nobody could accuse him of not having a business model.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Almost by definition. Mavericks are by definition bad at following rules and bad at process. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Sales & Marketing Advice. They are the LIFEBLOOD of sales organizations because they’re plentiful and deliver great value relative to their costs. They’re journeymen. Yeah, kind of.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

You may feel as I did in 1999 that the more smart people around the table the more intros you’ll have, the more sage advice you’ll receive and the more impressive you’ll seem to outsiders. By definition you can’t have 3 investors each wanting to increase from 5% to 20% ownership or you’re fawked anyways.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Being the number one investment bank in a greatly reduced data set shouldn’t stop you from wanting to broaden the definition of “number 1″ next year. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. And be careful not to believe your own hype. It can happen.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2015

We are money, advice, coaching, cheerleading, interventionist but not “the decider.” In preparation for her reentry into VC she spoke with many mentors of hers for advice on venture capital. One such advice came from Sharon Weinbar (who I, too, am a fan of) who said, “View every situation with a beginner’s mind.”

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

What’s my needle magnet definition? So my general advice is as you’re building a firm, think about which magnets feel right to you and start investing in them early. Some force that pulls exceptional startups to you, directly or via intermediaries, in a privileged and sustainable fashion.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

I'm sure each of those guys got questioned by entrepreneurs as to why they should accept advice from them as opposed to the entrepreneurial veterans of the days who worked in VC. As my colleague Phin mentioned the other day, there are two types of bad advice you can give--one is to give bad advice in an area you should know something about.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Mark leaves us with one final word of advice, and that’s “you’re the leader.” Maybe, But Differentiation Definitely Can appeared first on SmartHustle.com with Ramon Ray. Mark says the most important thing is to work from this premise. You’re the Leader. Whatever you’re creating, you need a market and an audience for it.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Anyone , an audio app that’s building a ‘marketplace for advice’ one five-minute phone call at a time, is launching new versions of its iOS and Android apps today* and beginning to large-scale onboarding after operating in a limited closed beta for the past six months. It’s one-to-one only.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

about their marathon 4-hour sessions to get to zero inbox or somebody else claiming email bankruptcy ( definition if you don’t know it already ). I will even take to emailing people I don’t know offering small bits of advice. If you do randomly write me I have advice. Nobody really enjoys it. I try to be helpful.

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MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. Or “I’m a new entrepreneur, why would I offer advice on how to run a startup?&#.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I think his advice is this op-ed is bananas. I have even had to get physical security advice from some of the crazy. It’s not under the definition of crazy per Adam’s op-ed. Finally, if I answered every email I’d never have time to point out how mindless Adam’s advice was. No, it’s not fun. Why does this happen?

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APRIL 25, 2013

In the most perfect sense of the definition. Startup Advice' Soleil is paranoid about leaking design & product information because she’s been burned. Kara is showing me GANTT charts, wireframes, user stories and ship dates. They are yin & yang. And they’re both full time committed to their startup – Moonfrye.

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OCTOBER 31, 2015

I will start from a passage from the Wikipedia definition because I think it does a great job of summarizing. Need to Talk More than Listen – If I attend meetings where I’m not speaking my brain will definitely wander. I’m sure all the doctors are cringing much like I would if I read your fund-raising advice.

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JULY 13, 2010

This is a problem for a strategy consultant because you are, by definition, a generalist that is thrown into new problems again and again. Tags: Startup Advice. Often I had a very limited time. Clients wanted to see “preliminary findings&# in 4-5 weeks and final results in 8-10. I struggled on my first few assignments.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2017

VCs can provide a useful piece of advice at a key moment--or help make a key hire, but the day in and day out grind is done by the work of the founder and the team, and they deserve 99.999999% of the credit. We can debate whether they're sociopaths, but we definitely shouldn't assume that every "great investor" is "great" at being human.

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MAY 13, 2010

By definition tough decisions produce winners and losers. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Yes, even Google has to make these tough decisions about where to allocate staff and money. But stay the course if you believe in your decisions.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Surreal, it definitely is. Startup Advice' I suspect that’s just because you’ve never had to be a startup CEO and deal with the incredible insecurities, uncertainties and stresses. Success is my only m **g option, failure’s not. photo credit: YouTube video ].

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

As an independent woman with a go-getter attitude, she shared insights with us into her life as an entrepreneur and what it was like getting YHS off the ground, as well as her advice for other young entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was definitely a challenge, but one she has overcome to help her organization grow.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 2, 2012

As I was biking around the other day, I realized that they have a lot in common and so the advice I have to give about both is pretty similar: 1. If you're going to start a company instead of working for someone else, you're definitely putting something at risk--current income, opportunity cost, some social capital perhaps.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The YLAI program undoubtedly provided me with incredible tools, and even years after I participated, the connections and experiences I gained from it have paid off and have definitely marked a before and after in my professional life. If I could give one piece of advice, it would be not to underestimate the potential we have to create change.

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JUNE 5, 2011

It’s the one bit of advice I find myself giving most frequently these days, “raise money at the top end of normal.&#. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. So my advice: go ahead and ask for a valuation that 2 years ago wouldn’t have been likely. That’s fine.

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OCTOBER 20, 2013

It definitely is an IQ test thing for me. Startup Advice' If you practiced you sure would realize that nobody could read it. People say this all the time. I cringe when I see it happen. Photo Credit: Asmund on 500px.

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JUNE 22, 2015

The more specific you can get in your definition the better. If you can’t get named competitors then I recommend you try to define a really narrow industry grouping, which when coupled with time-based exclusivity, gives you enough comfort. Geography Bound – Finally, another natural limiter for you will be geography.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 30, 2022

YC has run events to educate and support women in tech, and now we’re doubling down to offer tailored advice that’s specific to you and your career. We’re setting up chats for women engineers to get one-on-one career advice from YC, starting with Anu Hariharan, Managing Director of YC Continuity.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

But if you identify investors with whom you’d like to work here’s my advice: 1. Everyone has their own definition of momentum (user numbers, revenue, channel partners, biz dev deals, whatever). Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. Maybe this CEO doesn’t see me as a great fit. That’s OK, too.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2022

In this instance, we failed to follow our own advice.”. “Said simply, investing in every round for every YC company requires more capital than we want to raise and manage. We always tell startups to stay small and manage their budgets carefully.

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JUNE 22, 2011

I’m no great scholar on bubbles – I have more interesting things to spend my time worrying about than the exact definition , but having been around a few I have at least given them intellectual consideration. In contrast, when the market is falling, by definition your investment is worth less THE DAY AFTER you have invested.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 8, 2020

Real Estate Advice . Divya has some great advice for those who are looking to get into real estate either as a side business or move into it as a full career. Her first piece of advice is not to buy a fixer-upper right away. Check Out This Expert Advice on the Do’s and Don'ts. Lessons Learned.

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

So I’ll close with actual advice I have a few days before this controversy began. I’ve noticed your Twitter handle over the years so definitely know who you are. But if you want a great trip to Dublin then you should definitely go! To get much out of it you need to pre-book meetings. ” It is what it is.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

I don’t believe we have changed yet the way they think, but we have definitely shown that there are multiple options to change our consumption behavior. If you were to give a piece of advice to a YLAI Network member looking to make a difference in their community, what would you say? . Nothing is impossible.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

Being a solopreneur, by definition, means going it alone. You can join business groups and share advice with other solopreneurs. If you want to stay in business, all of those activities need attention. You don’t hire employees. But that doesn’t mean that you should run your business without input or help from others.

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