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But I don't want to follow you on Twitter

July 13th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Newsletter, Twitter

We post links to the very best startup advice on Twitter at @venturehacks. We read Hacker News, the best blogs, Quora, and everything else startup-related. Then we tweet about the best content we find. But maybe you don’t use Twitter. Or you don’t want to follow us there. Or you hate us. Well then, you [...]

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If only we could raise money

October 2nd, 2010 · 10 Comments · Twitter

Stop saying: “If only we could raise money, we could do X.” Start saying: “If we do X and we’re lucky, we might be able to raise money.” (This was quite popular on Twitter — 91 retweets — so I’m reproducing it here. You should follow us on Twitter. There’s a lot of good and [...]

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This fortnight in Twitter

July 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off · Twitter

Highlights from the @venturehacks Twitter feed from this fortnight. The most retweeted tweets. “The toughest and most important decisions in technology companies are always about product strategy.” – @bhorowitz, http://vh.co/a3DO7h “With our stock buyback… we were signaling that we didn’t see much of a future in our business.” – @fredwilson, http://vh.co/9udDmm You have acquisition interest—now [...]

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This fortnight in Twitter

June 14th, 2010 · Comments Off · Twitter

Highlights from the @venturehacks Twitter feed from the last fortnight. The most retweeted tweets. “I usually like second time entrepreneurs, mostly because I f’ed up everything on my first company.” – @msuster, http://vh.co/dtZbGv @ 41:08 “If you find a lawyer who talks about solutions not problems, hold on to them.” – @sgblank, http://vh.co/9UPJGR “Internet is [...]

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This fortnight in Twitter

May 28th, 2010 · Comments Off · Twitter

Highlights from the @venturehacks Twitter feed. How real-world corruption works http://vh.co/blCKEu. This is awesome. Great negotiation advice. I read every word. Thank you Internet. Clay Christensen’s milkshake theory is my favorite way to think about competition & substitutes: http://vh.co/a2nezA Every time you e-mail prospective investors, include good news (product, traction, team…). It stimulates reciprocity: http://vh.co/9XXzSi [...]

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This week in Twitter

May 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Twitter

37signals’ This week in Twitter has inspired me to round up this week’s most popular @venturehacks tweets: Entrepreneurship is not an end in and of itself. Serial entrepreneur is an oxymoron. “I start companies because it gives me an opportunity to create teams.” – @englishpaulm, http://vh.co/b0tGgY “Integrity is the safest way to make money… Situational [...]

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Hello vh.co

May 4th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Twitter

Say hello to vh.co, our new short URL, powered by bit.ly Pro. .co domains will be available to the general public in June. But! the registrar has created a program called .CO Founder to give legit startups early access to .co domains. That’s how we got vh.co. I’m pretty psyched about .co. Other domains like [...]

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Our most popular links

March 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Twitter

Favstar automagically collects your most popular tweets. This is a great way to catch up on the great links we’ve been sharing, that you missed while you were on the beach eating lasagna. Check out our most popular links.

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The only reason investors say ‘no’

March 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Quotes, Twitter

This is one of our most popular tweets ever. You never know which tweet will be popular. The tweet isn’t exactly true but it’s close enough for 140 characters. Exceptions and corrections welcome in the comments.

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Give tweet a chance

March 12th, 2010 · Comments Off · Newsletter, Twitter

According to Google Reader, we write 2 blog posts a week. And according to TweetStats we write 73 tweets a week. If you only read our blog, you’re missing the great links we post on Twitter. We take the same care with our tweets that we do with our blog posts and we try to [...]

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