Posts Tagged ‘actseed’

If You’re Raising Capital (and you probably are), Read This Book

“You can tell a story in a sentence; you can tell a story in a paragraph; and you can tell a story in a 20-minute pitch. Startups need to do all three.” – from “Pitching Hacks” introduction I’ll try...

May 6th, 2010 | Tips, Tools, Services | Read More

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Have an idea or a new company? Find investment funding & expertise here. Looking for the next company to invest in? Discreetly search for qualified deals here. Want to work for / with / mentor a young company? Find one that needs your skills here. The Seven Most Frequent Questions People...

March 8th, 2010 | Featured | Read More

Ready, Shoot, Aim! …wait. That ain’t right.

Just because you have a proverbial silver bullet doesn’t mean you’ll hit your target. Hunting an investor? A new market for your product? A new VP of Sales or an advisor with a career’s worth of expertise in marketing consumer software? We all know the proper sequence is “ready, aim,...

October 18th, 2009 | Featured | Read More

Is Your New Business Sitting On a Solid Foundation?

The boring planning and preparation stuff is critical. It shouldn’t consume all of your time and money, but you can’t ignore it either. Construction metaphors abound here. How many of us entrepreneurs are constructing our businesses only from the outside, in? To stay with my metaphor,...