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Mark Suster - @msusterOctober 2013
Building & Funding a Startup
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Background
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2x Entrepreneur (sold 2nd to Salesforce.com)
Partner, Upfront Ventures (large LA-based VC fund)
Blog http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com
Lived in Europe 11 years
Blog: BothSidesoftheTableVideo: http://www.youtube.com/show/thisweekinventurecapital
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Agenda
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What’s it Really Like?
Getting Started
Raising Capital
Some Final Thoughts
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How most
people imagin
e startup
life
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What It Really Feels Like
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How You Imagine You
Spend Your Days
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Your Actua
l Days
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Raising Money in
the Press
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You Raising Money
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Truthfully Startups
are a Grind
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We’re All Naked in the Morning Mirror
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Agenda
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What’s it Really Like?
Some Tips When You Get Started
Raising Capital
Some Final Thoughts
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Take 50 Coffee
Meetings
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Create a Sense of Urgency
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Prove You Can Ship Product
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You Manage What you Measure
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Don’t Hire
People Just Like
You
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Agenda
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What’s it Really Like?
Some Tips When You Get Started
Raising Capital
Some Final Thoughts
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You Need to Meet
Investors Early
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Otherwise They’re Judging Your
Presentation Skills
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Frankly You Don’t Want to Judge Investors Quickly
Either
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Over Time I Start to See a Patterns
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It’s Part of CEO’s Fulltime Job. ABR. Always. Be.
Raising.
Customer
BizDev
ProductMgmtRecruiting
Mktg
Raising Capital
Tech
HR
Acctng
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If Raising Angel / Seed, You Need an Anchor
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Get As Long of a Runway as You Can (18 months the norm)
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Agenda
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What’s it Really Like?
Some Tips When You Get Started
Raising Capital
Some Final Thoughts
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There are 99 Wantrapreneurs For Every One Who Just Starts
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There’s a Huge premium for taking the first leap
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Triangulate
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In the End Trust Your Own
Judgment
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Only start with an idea you’re passionate about
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Mark Suster - @msusterOctober 2013
Thank You