On Outsourcing the MVP
Don’t let your MVP be the stumbling block that breaks your startup before things get rolling. New businesses are founded every day in America. But sadly, most will never see the light of day (even…
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The Colorado River Basin: Why We Need Watershed Scale Solutions
Entrepreneurs To Solve Wicked Water Problems While water scarcity, poor quality, lack of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene and inequity of water services are a global problem, the solutions are typically at…
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The Latest Changes in VC Deal Terms — Good Governance
I learned long ago that creating a culture of integrity and transparency within an organization starts by setting up a good governance structure from the beginning. I am not a control freak. However, I expect…
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Tech and Innovation Offer Promise for the World’s Most Water-Challenged Regions
It is estimated that currently 844 million people live without clean water, and 2.3 billion people do not have access to basic sanitation, according to water.org. Water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of the…
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The Aurora Forge Is Launched by Industry Experts to Grow Seed-Stage Startups With Innovations To Help Solve the World’s Biggest Problems
With the exceeding emergence of innovators pioneering new solutions to influence world markets significantly, the creation and introduction of various disruptive technologies have caused constant advancement and fluctuations within multiple industries and markets. As these…
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The Latest Changes in VC Deal Terms — Major Players in the VC Game
I’m always looking for that game-changing entrepreneur whose idea is lightning in a bottle — the person who’s ready to make the jump from concept-in-the-garage to the founder of a market-changing company. Few entrepreneurs have…
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The Latest Changes in VC Deal Terms — How to Raise Money
As we’ve discussed in previous posts in this series, there have been some substantial changes in VC deal terms in recent days. If you want to start the series from the top, read my post about…
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The Latest Changes in VC Deal Terms – Avoiding the Valuation Death Spiral
This is a wonderful season to reflect and be thankful. In our ambition to find that next entrepreneur to invest, be part of an amazing portfolio exit all while solving the world’s energy problems, it…
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Why Venture Capital Doesn’t Scale Part 3: How VCs Get Rich, Regardless
In recent blogs, I mentioned that venture capitalists make a great deal of money, regardless of whether a startup succeeds or fails. (That’s why VCs can hop on an occasional train bound for utter disaster and…
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