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“How Do Entrepreneurs Raise Angel and Seed Funding” Webinar

Gust is delighted to announce a partnership with NASVF and NCET2 for the online certificate course “How Do Entrepreneurs Raise Angel and Seed Funding”. The course is an insider view to the early stage fund raising process. You’ll learn how angels and early-stage investors identify promising startups, what needs to be in the business plan, how to build effective […]
Ilana Grossman
Ilana Grossman , Chief Marketing Officer , GUST INC.
7 Mar 2012
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Begin With a Job at a Startup, Then Start Your Own

For those of you who want to get in on the ground floor of a new venture, but haven’t yet worked up the nerve to start your own, begin with a job at a startup. But first you should ask yourself if you are prepared for the realities. Working for a startup is not a […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
4 Mar 2012
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5 Reasons You Should Watch Shark Tank Before Pitching

I hear maybe 50 pitches a year as a member of an angel investment group and a judge of MBA-level business plan contests at the University of Oregon, Rice, and University of Texas. Still, when caught having to lay down with my feet up for a full weekend (skiing accident), there I was watching Shark Tank, […]
Tim Berry
Tim Berry , Founder , Palo Alto Software
29 Feb 2012
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Your Entrepreneur World Changes When You Take Money

The naïve entrepreneur thinks he can relax, after he finally cashes the check from a professional investor, but in reality that’s when the work and the pressure starts. His first reality reset is that now, maybe for the first time, he really has a boss, or several bosses, and often very demanding ones at that. […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
27 Feb 2012
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Schooling MBAs (part I)

Yesterday I was a judge at the Northeast Regional Finals of the Venture Capital Investment Competition, featuring teams of MBAs from some pretty fancy schools. The big idea is that the MBAs form imaginary VC firms, look at real startups, and get judged on how they handle due diligence, investment structures, etc.  So it’s the […]
Bob Rice
Bob Rice , MANAGING PARTNER , Tangent Capital
27 Feb 2012
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