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Sixteen years ago, I wrote that, “Business plan competitions are the air guitar championships of the startup world.” I meant that you can mimic all the movements of a startup witho…

Separately, why there isn't a tool used by the mortgage broker to facilitate this, I have no idea. It's a nightmare of documents and tasks that makes the whole process 8 times as l…

Tweak based on feedback is exactly right! Only problem is that VCs normally don't give any!

They actually weren't "grading" per say. They were answering questions like "Have you seen anything else like this?" and rating teams with multiple choice answers like "This is one…

So psyched for Daniela and Jorge--this is the product they had in mind when they first started the company.

It's so dangerous to look at the exceptions to the rule and extrapolate out strategy. How much money did they raise before revenue? Is it a good strategy to start a business by say…

Part of the problem is that pitching VCs and investors is a well documented process these days. It feels easier. Plus, you're selling a dream/spin/hope/promise... and that you beli…

haha... not the first time I've heard it and it never ceases to be hilarious.

"If you're a nobody, no investor wants to talk to you." Well, sure if you go in with the pitch that you are, in fact, a nobody, then I'd certainly be less interested. Who wants to …

I did get to meet a lot of entrepreneurs there... but I knew her, so I said hello. I let the entrepreneur finish b/c I didn't want to interrupt and it was only two min anyway.