VC Decision Process
The Complex VC Decision Process – Flowchart. Updated for 2022 – by CJ Cornell
The Complex VC Decision Process – Flowchart. Updated for 2022 – by CJ Cornell
Entrepreneurs — how do you know you’re on to something big? It’s when the media, and the gurus look at your new product category, and proclaim “It’s a scam! “ Usually it’s followed by predictions that people using your product will either lose their life savings or be hunted down and killed
Getting time and attention from experienced advisors is a rite of passage for the first-time entrepreneur. Entrepreneurial advisors provide everything from informed feedback, market validation and technical direction, to introductions that can lead to partnerships, investors and customers. Advisors are often former serial entrepreneurs themselves with well-earned battle scars from
I finally get Klout. No, I never had much clout in any kind of situation, but I finally understand the concept of “Klout” – the social influence metric. Klout is like a credit score for social networking influence, calculating and assigning a number that depicts a person’s relative influence (clout) in
A surprisingly inspirational commencement speech, with important lessons – delivered humorously – from Twitter CEO Dick Costello:
I was merely going to retweet this funny little factoid from Social Rehab – a company with apps designed to get you to reduce your online dependence – my retweet was to include an inevitable quip. Then I realized, I had far too many clever retorts to ever fit inside
In earlier post, I was writing about the sometimes-effective-but-overused “High-Concept Pitch“, and showcased a satirical website that generated automatic versions of the It’s an “X” for “Y” styled pitches. I stumbled across a Quora discussion about the topic, with a few insightful answers. Somewhere down the list, a member posted
After a few years of working in the television industry, particularly on the planet they call Hollywood, I was immersed in the “high concept pitch” language of the entertainment industry. The practice is meant to impart your idea to studio executives with nano-attention spans by equating the idea with another