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Escape from message hell
We are caught in an endless cycle of messaging hell and the pattern is always the same. First, Read More
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Care.com’s Sheila Marcelo on women, business & funding
Our third Vator Splash NY is coming up on December 5, and we’re honored to have Care.com CEO Read More
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How to get a VC meeting
I often get asked, “how do I get a meeting with a VC?” Here is my slightly Read More
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Mass Persuasion
“Successful entrepreneurs recommend reading this article about the persuasion techniques companies use to drive engagement.” Scratch that, how’s Read More
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Samir Arora’s top 10 secrets on how to build startups
It’s a cool, balmy day in San Francisco, and Vator Splash is well underway. (Open bar! Woot!) Samir Read More
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How investment drives engagement
This week, Baba Shiv and I taught a class at the Stanford Graduate School of Business called, “Using Read More
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Watch out for savage VC deal terms when raising money
Some of the financings in ugly investment climates are typically proposed by venture capitalists on deal terms that Read More
Getting hung up on a high valuation can quickly take the wind out of your entrepreneurial sails. For Read More
The VA acts as a guarantor for the lending party of the streamline refinance loan and the veteran Read More
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Make your users do the work
The belief that products should always be as easy to use as possible is a sacred cow of Read More
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VC to founders: Help us help you
You’d think that as often as “VC is dead” is bandied about the Valley, we’d have seen a Read More
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Top 3 Reasons Your Loan Application Will Be Denied
Securing a loan with a bank is nearly impossible these days for most small businesses. I manage a Read More
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Six myths about tech entrepreneurship
My good friend Drew Curtis, founder of Fark, invited me to speak at the Haas Business School the Read More
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Why Facebook is killing Silicon Valley
We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they Read More