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Entrepreneurs Need Experience More Than An MBA

I don’t have an MBA. I used to fear that this would put me at a disadvantage in starting my own company, but now I’m convinced that it may be the other way around. In some reputable surveys, as many as two-thirds of entrepreneurs felt that their entrepreneurial spirit was more ingrained than learned, so a […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
2 Feb 2014
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As an investor, what are the most important items that a startup must have for you to invest?

Large and growing market Real domain expertise Provable product need Scalable business model Competitive advantage Platform/partnership/bizdev/API strategy External validation (ideally traction and/or passionate customers) Viable business structure and cap table Reasonable valuation Proven team (tech/product/design/marketing/sales/domain/etc.) But most important of all, it must have an entrepreneur on whom I’m willing to bet. And the attributes I look for in […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
31 Jan 2014
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Which angel investing journals are the most useful, either online or in print?

There are actually no angel investing ‘journals’ per se, because there simply are not enough active, professional angel investors to make a market :-).  There are, however, quite a few blog posts on the subject, although most are written for an entrepreneurial audience, rather than angels themselves. And there is one really excellent weekly podcast […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
26 Jan 2014
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5 Keys To Effective Entrepreneurial Team Mentoring

I’ve always wondered why every executive meeting has to be one hour in length, or longer. That’s probably a tenth of your day spent on one issue. It better be a critical one, because you have a hundred others waiting. I believe you can be much more productive, as well as a more effective leader, […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
26 Jan 2014
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What are some ways you can keep track of startups you are evaluating/diligencing/investing in?

This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. The answer, of course, is Gust—because that’s exactly the purpose behind the platform! Gust is the infrastructure that underlies much of the professional world of early stage finance. It is used by hundreds of thousands of companies in 195 […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
23 Jan 2014
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