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Is Strategic Money an Oxymoron?

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So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. When people refer to a strategic investor they are usually talking about an investor that comes from the industry you serve as opposed to an independent venture capital investor.

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How Many Investors are Too Many?

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While there is no right or wrong answer, having seen the extremes I’d like to offer you a framework for considering the right answer for yourselves. And I always encourage entrepreneurs to do reference checking. I love that. And it’s kind of true. The Perils of Many. Here’s my guide to how to do that.

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Japan’s EdgeCortix Closes $20 Million Funding Round, Collaborates with Renesas Electronics

AsiaTechDaily

This approach adopted a software-first strategy. Notably, these processes are executed at low power consumption and with minimal latency, catering to the intricate requirements of systems operating at the edge, a domain often referred to colloquially as “the edge.” Sakyasingha Dasgupta.

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10 Ways to Boost Your Startup’s Customer Acquisition

StartupNation

Having a sustainable and systematic customer acquisition strategy is an essential component of success for any organization, especially as a startup. If you have a product or service to sell, you need a customer acquisition strategy. A good strategy will help you grow in a targeted and cost-effective way to attract the right customers.

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Turn your startup’s pricing strategy into a powerful growth lever

TechCrunch

How to evolve your DTC startup’s data strategy and identify critical metrics. Here’s a closer look at the questions we ask to begin laying the foundation for a pricing strategy. 5 key questions in our pricing strategy framework. Michael Perez. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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How to Handle a VC Presentation with No Deck

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And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. Use it as a framework for a dialog not a script. In Bijan’s post he references Bryce Roberts who recommends getting up and white-boarding. Mobile app? Bijan is right.

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“We are going to create the best environment for startups in Europe”

TechCrunch

The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. Although that component of the España Nación Emprendedora strategy is, inevitably, going to be a slower burn, hence the decade-long lens.