North Mindmeld: New School Number Crunchers

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

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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The secret to making money revealed. New Venture Evaluation #4.

MAKING THE REGISTER RING

Sales and marketing is the knife’s edge for all companies, as these two disciplines can make or break any business. It’s always easier to manage growth when there is top line revenue and some cash flow rolling in. A few key elements to look for in the Sales & Marketing strategy: 1) [...]

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