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Updated: A quick and dirty guide to starting up

November 10th, 2008 · 4 Comments

We’ve updated the presentation in A quick and dirty guide to starting up. The new presentation includes the notes that accompany each slide.
I’ve also included the new presentation below. Watch it in full screen mode for maximum pleasure. The full screen button is at the bottom right of the embed and it looks like this: [...]

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A quick and dirty guide to starting up

October 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Naval recently presented A Quick and Dirty Guide to Starting Up to Girls In Tech:

(Slides: A Quick and Dirty Guide to Starting Up (pdf))
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the presentation:
“We are faced with insurmountable opportunities.” – Pogo
The most important thing: idea intelligence connections experience determination.
Ideas, and therefore NDAs, are worthless.
“… as in [...]

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How do I find a lead investor? Part 2

January 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Summary: Here are 3 microhacks for finding a lead investor: (1) If followers have good reasons to not lead, ask them for introductions to potential leads. (2) If you’re early stage, find seed investors who invest in people and high risk startups. (3) If every prospective investor says “we don’t know the market,” find investors [...]

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Learn more about: Angels · Introductions · Lead Investors · Markets