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Conclusion: North’s 10 Rules For Breaking Through

Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, tagged , , , , , , , on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As we’ve outlined on this blog over the last few weeks, the system for raising early stage capital today is fundamentally flawed. Even though the road to success for entrepreneurs trying to kickstart their visions is littered with potholes and deceptive directions, it can all be corrected with a little teamwork. If change is going [...]

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North Mindmeld: New School Number Crunchers

Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Adeo Ressi, the founder of the TheFunded.com has joined a long list of entrepreneurs and investors that say that the venture capital industry is broken. However, Ressi decided to put his (didn’t use outsider funds) money where his mouth was and built a site that allows entrepreneurs to critique and rate the actual audience that [...]

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Following The Roar Not The Reasonable

Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, tagged , , , , on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Unfortunately, today’s early stage venture investing market is a little bit like following Tiger Woods on the golf course. This trend makes it extremely difficult for new innovative ideas to grab the attention from their desired audience. While there are hundreds of world-class golfers playing on any given weekend (who are plenty entertaining to watch), [...]

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Quantity Over-Shadowing Quality

Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Before the Internet, entire industries emerged that helped investors find “good” entrepreneurs; trade shows, print publications, and an army of investment banking connectors who helped investors and entrepreneurs find each other (for a chunky fee of course). You can spend half your career (and life savings) at trade shows and more often than not all [...]

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Hot Off The Presses: Our Latest Constructive Prose

Posted in Entrepreneurial Insights, Investor Insights, Things Heading North, What's Happening At North?, tagged , , , , , on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As you know, the North team is on a mission to accelerate the rate at which innovation gets created in this country; and that effort begins with being more transparent with and helpful to entrepreneurs. Our new paper called Breaking Through The Broken: The Transparent Guide To Overcoming The Inefficiencies In Early Stage Venture Capital [...]

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