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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THE POWER LAW OF VENTURE CAPITAL
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 […]
UNUSUAL PITCHES—BUSINESS
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 […]
Spend Like You Can’t Raise Money Again.
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 […]
Anticipate the Future Kitsap county.
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 […]
NO MORE ARRESTING FOR DRUG KEEPING BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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 […]
Kitsap County man arrested with missing Lynnwood girl.
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 […]
Strategies for Building Competencies.
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 […]
KITSAP COUNTY HAS NEW CASES OF CORONAVIRUS.
Kitsap: On the 25th of February, the Kitsap Public Health District issued a statement confirming 23 new cases of Coronavirus. The total cases confirmed in Kitsap county from the day the Coronavirus pandemic started is 5,682 in total. South Kitsap has more cases of COVID-19 with eight new cases in 24 hours, whereas Bainbridge island has […]
WHAT CAN ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TEACH US?
Kitsap County: On 3 February 2015 when the headline ‘The Princeton Review strips a school of its college ranking for the first time appeared in the UK edition of Business Insider. The article explained that the Henry W Bloch School of Management, the University of Missouri at Kansas City had ‘knowingly submitted false data to the […]