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Raising VC money: how to handle the 1st VC meeting?

March 30, 2012March 22, 2018 Jo Tango

This is the third post in a Friday series on “raising VC money”.  For the list of topics we are covering, click here.  In this post, we’ll focus on “how to handle the 1st VC meeting.” So, you’ve done some research and have come up with a short list of VCs (suggestions here) and you’ve

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Raising VC money: how to get the VC meeting?

March 23, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

This is the second post in a series on “raising VC money.”  For the list of topics we are covering, click here.  This post will cover “how to get the VC meeting.” So, after doing all of your homework (more on that here), you now have a short list of VCs with whom you’d like

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Nest smart thermostat (part 2)

March 22, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

I wrote a few weeks ago about the new Nest “smart” thermostats that have come out (more here). Some of the original iPod designers left Apple to start Nest. Mine were installed today: they’re awesome. Here’s why. The thermostats have motion, humidity and temperature sensors. So, they’ll power down if someone hasn’t been in a

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Raising VC money: which VCs to target?

March 16, 2012February 7, 2016 Jo Tango

This is the first post in a Friday series on “raising VC money”.  For the list of topics we are covering, click here. In this post, we’ll focus on the first topic: which VCs to target?  I think it’s a critical step in the fundraising process.  You have a new business idea, you’ve spent a

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Help: what to read?

March 12, 2012October 19, 2017 Jo Tango

David Cancel and I had an online exchange about what we read. I’d like to get others’ recommendations. What do you read that is helpful and inspirational? To get things going, here’s what I read regularly (and how I read them): Wall Street Journal (digital): Can be off the wall, such as this piece on

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Raising VC money: topics

March 9, 2012August 10, 2012 Jo Tango

Raising venture capital money sounds like something from the Dark Arts, but it really isn’t all that complicated.  Different approaches and different styles work, but there are some rules of thumb that seem to work well over and over. I thought I’d write a Friday series on raising money from VCs.  I am thinking of

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