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Blogger About Angel Investment: “Confused, Scared, and More Than a Little Ashamed”

Now there’s a great title for a blog post. Writing about angel investment, on his Portland-based Silicon Forest entrepreneurship etc. blog, Rick Turozcy titled his post: I’m confused, scared, and more than a little ashamed. Don’t even try to tell me that doesn’t make you curious. Rick’s a smart guy, very well known in Portland (OR), […]
Tim Berry
Tim Berry , Founder , Palo Alto Software
21 Mar 2012
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The Great Crowdfunding Train Wreck of 2013

The verb “to disrupt” in all its forms is rightly popular in the startup world.  To many entrepreneurs, few things are as personally satisfying (or as lucrative) as disrupting an entrenched, complacent, monopolistic, inefficient or stagnant market in ways that often empower consumers and producers alike.  Consumer Internet and mobile technology businesses continue to be […]
Antone Johnson
Antone Johnson , Founding Principal , Bottom Line Law Group
19 Mar 2012
Test Your Business Model Against These 10 Elements

How to Gauge Business Potential for Your Invention

I’m often approached by people who claim to have invented the next big thing, and ask me how much it’s worth, or complain that they can’t find an investor who will fund it. The honest answer is that ideas and new technologies are worth nothing, outside the context of a specific entrepreneur and a specific […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
18 Mar 2012
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Warning: Half a Truth is Three Times a Lie

Entrepreneurs: think of yourself in a pitch situation. You’re talking to a small collection of people you don’t know. They’re taking notes. You’re talking and showing slides from your pitch deck. I think you assume that on any subject you cover, there is at least one person sitting quietly watching you who knows a whole […]
Tim Berry
Tim Berry , Founder , Palo Alto Software
14 Mar 2012
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Website Ads are Not a Revenue Stream for Startups

One of the biggest red flags I see in many Internet-related business plans today is advertising as the initial revenue stream, or a key part of it. If challenged, the founder usually cites the Facebook business model (free service to users, revenue from ads), but forgets that Facebook has had several hundred million in funding, […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
11 Mar 2012
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