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This is Part 2 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches. What if someone copies your awesome business idea? About twenty people on Answers OnStartups have asked this question in one form or another: When I meet…
July 19 2010, 6:45am | Comments »
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No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage
This is part 1 of the series: 5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches. Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast. Between this blog and reviewing applications…
July 12 2010, 6:20am | Comments »
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5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches
I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person. Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. Those who avoided just one…
July 11 2010, 6:45am | Comments »
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Not disruptive, and proud of it
I remember "disruptive" when it was called "paradigm shift." That phrase died during the tech-bubble along with "portal" and "think outside the box," yet the concept has returned. Don't follow along. When I get pitched — usually by…
April 12 2010, 6:30am | Comments »
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Nothing clarifies things quite like a hyperactive, all-knowing, all-seeing, real asshole of a devil's advocate beating the living crap out of you. (Cartoon by Andertoons) Baseball players swing heavy bats before going up to the plate; acclimating to…
February 1 2010, 6:30am | Comments »
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