KITSAP/BUSINESS—Venture capitalists are simple people: they’ve either made up their minds to invest and are convincing themselves that their gut is absolutely right (a.k.a. due diligence), or there’s not an opportunity in hell that they’ll do so. While they may be grounded, they’re not necessarily forthcoming, so if you think it’s hard to get a […]
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KITSAP/BUSINESS Venture capitalists aim to identify, fund, and profit from promising early-stage companies. They raise money from institutions and wealthy people, pool it into a fund, and invest in technology companies that they believe will become more valuable. If they turn out to be right, they take a cut of the returns—usually 20%. A venture
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KITSAP—Just for grins, let us tell you about some of the more unusual pitches that you’ve had the honor of hearing: Make Israel into an amusement park for the rest of the Middle East. Build a geodesic dome over Los Angeles. (I forget whether the dome’s purpose was to contain the pollution in Los Angeles
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BUSINESS/KITSAP— Recommendation pertains to what you should do after you manage to raise money—no matter what amount. After subsisting on fumes for months, many entrepreneurs go wild after a capital infusion and waste money on nice furniture, cool office space, free food, and MBAs from big companies. “The best mentality is to assume that you’ll
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Kitsap County: If You’re reading this article as you begin to raise money or after you’ve raised a seed round. It’s useful for you to understand the total picture of what each round of capital means. Let’s have a detailed analysis of each one of them. SEED = SIZZLE. This is the first outside money that
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Kitsap County: The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office will no longer take into custody individuals for keeping drugs for self-use regardless of whether the drugs are meth, cocaine, or heroin. The Washington Supreme court ruled that the possession of narcotics is no longer unconstitutional. This change comes after the supreme court verdict on Drug possession. Sheriff’s spokesperson
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Kitsap County: You need a lawyer and not just any lawyer, but one who routinely does venture capital and early-stage financing deals. This does not mean using a friend or relative who is a divorce, criminal, family law, or real estate lawyer. Don’t be stupid: you wouldn’t seek brain tumor advice from a dermatologist, so why
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On Feb. 26, the Lynnwood police detained Kitsap County after he was found with a 12-year-old Lynnwood girl who had been missing. As reported by the Lynnwood police department, the Lynnwood police detectives took into custody the Individual with constant assistance from the FBI and Kitsap county sheriff’s office. The Individual is accused of planning
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Kitsap: There may be fifty ways to leave your lover, but there are even more ways for venture capitalists to tell you no. Unfortunately, venture capitalists don’t like to provide clear and unequivocal rejections; they prefer the SHITS technique: show high interest, then stall. Here are the typical responses that you’ll hear: “You’re too early for
KITSAP COUNTY——You need to follow a multi-pronged approach to build competencies. But here is the rub. You can opt to learn a multitude of competencies all at once only to realize that you may have gained mastery in none. Alternatively, you may choose to focus on attaining knowledge in one competency at a time, moving
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