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What are the best ways to validate your value proposition before pitching to investors?
Team. There's an old adage among VCs that goes something like: it's better to invest in a strong team and weak (not-so-great) idea, rather than betting on an awesome idea and a weak team. Why? Experience matters. Chances of success are multiplied by having founding team members that have been-there-done-that. It minimizes the pitfalls and accelerates the overall performance. As an entrepreneur with a promising business idea, it's important to assemble a founding team that covers the bases. Not only because investors will look closely at the players, but because you want to have the right people involved to realize the success of an A-game. Put bluntly, lots of people have great ideas, but only few know how to execute to achieve them.
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What are the best ways to validate your value proposition before pitching to investors?
Unlike most consumers, entrepreneurs see the world through a unique lens: recognizing (if not actively looking for) problems & inefficiencies and being inspired to solve them. Hypothesis and assumptions are the starting point. However, every concept has a limited shelf life and all ideas are fleeting. Before investing time (and money), it's absolutely critical to comprehensively evaluate the market & competitive landscape to see if anyone else is addressing it — and if another idea can significantly do it better.
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People appear to be unremarkable on paper, yet given the opportunity to prove themselves many surprise. It’s shocking how many opportunities we…
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Many thanks to the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) - Capital Markets & Regulation group - for inviting me to give their team a…
Many thanks to the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) - Capital Markets & Regulation group - for inviting me to give their team a…
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Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Giving In Style®
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Senior Member
Senior Member
The Guardsmen
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Advisory Committee Member
Advisory Committee Member
BizWorld.org
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Board Member
Board Member
Central Oregon Junior Golf Association
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Board Member
Board Member
KIDS Center
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President Of The Board Of Directors
President Of The Board Of Directors
Seven Peaks Elementary School
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Certified Financial Manager (CFM)
Merrill Lynch
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Securities Investment Advisor
FINRA
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Smart TV and Multi-screen Advertising: Prospects for 2012
Smart TV Summit
What are major technical challenges that are currently
hindering the growth of Smart TV and Multi-screen
advertising?
• What are the new and exciting innovations with Smart TV
advertising?
• How can we encourage investment form the major media
buyers, advertisers and brands? What needs to be done?
• What is the forecast for Smart TV and multi-screen
advertising in the future? When will widespread adoption
take place?
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German
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Olympic Club of San Francisco
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Connected TV Marketing Association (CTVMA)
US Board Member
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The Bizworld Foundation
Committee Advisor
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