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Be the Startup I Want to Fund

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The other day, I'm in a meeting where someone told me an industry magazine that would be relevent to one of my companies. A lot of times, I take meetings with companies that feel a lot more like they're on the outside looking in than they should. He already knew the company and was excited to talk to them. well, carry on.

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Tips on Approaching a VC

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One and done emails make me think you're not aggressive enough to drive this company forward. Are you blogging really insightful takes on your industry? Try to guess who my first due diligence call is for your company and get to them first before I bastardize your pitch to them. 4) Do your homework. Getting quoted?

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How can I be sure my financial advisor isn’t going to steal my money?

Sara Grillo

” I’m going to answer that question in this blog about financial advisors stealing money and how to protect yourself. But here are some resources you may want to grab before you read the blog. I wrote a bunch of consumer advocacy blogs here to protect people from all the BS. It is called advice-only planning.

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The Five Advisors You Meet in the Deadpool

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The most successful companies have strong boards and so as a good housekeeping practice, why not start acting like a great company as early as possible. VC Blogger Fanboy This geek reads all the blogs religiously and is a lean startup ninja. By the way, do you know who (surprisingly) *doesn't* fit into this catagory?

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Reading what was written and the VC age question

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Instead of just e-mailing people and dealing with them directly, as we do in person, we're a blog post away from a flamewar. I also (as Fred describes us youngins) "work hard, put in ridiculous hours, are on top of all the latest trends, companies, technologies, etc. We box shadows--especially on the internet. I hope I never stop.

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List of Advice Only Planners

Sara Grillo

Weeks Associates, LLC, carol@nkwadvisory.com Nectarine Pape Financial Plan for It Financial Scaled Finance Rauschenberger Financial Advisors Ryerson Financial The Wealthy Parent Tucker Wealth Advisory Wealthwyzr Disclosures Please understand that this is not an endorsement of any particular company.

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How to approach and make an introduction to a VC

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No matter how much I or any of the team here at First Round made themselves accessable through Office Hours, LinkedIn, Twitter, speaking, blogging, etc., Then I realized that it's probably not obvious what the dynamics are around how VCs tend to get introduced to companies and what works best for people, so I figured I'd blog about it.