Learning from StackOverflow.com
May
28
A website that I use all of the time for technical information is StackOverflow.com, here is a video on what that website does and how they can help out technically:
Pitching to Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists
May
21
1)
Tell a Story
(e.g:iPad+doctors)
(You have 10 seconds to get their emotional attention)
2)
Talk about product.
(e.g.:iPad product)
3)
Talk about how we are going to generate revenue.
4)
Your needs
e.g.:
2-3 biz dev people
Higher a PR agency
Bring on developers
5)
Money and how much you are asking for and the time.
6)
Exits for investors and us.
Taken from David Rose:
VC Pitches is about investing in the PEOPLE!
Angel pitches are ~15 minutes or under
VC pitches are less then 30 minutes
-1) You must show integrity
-2) You must show passion
Just some side notes, never say the following words to investors, they invalidate previous things you mentioned!:
- Honestly
- Truthfully
- To be Frank
- Frankly
- Not for nothing
- Realistic
- Kind of
Join the Army of Entrepreneurs
May
21
In his commencement address to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign last Sunday, Kauffman Foundation President and CEO Carl Schramm told students,
“We need an army of the smartest, most passionate young people to try their hand at building a business-people who will take their heads and their hearts into the market, founding companies that will bring forth new products and services that will help humankind.”
Keynote from Web 2.0 Expo
May
20
Gary Vaynerchuk presented a great keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo in NYC September 2008: