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Founders do write bad pitch decks a lot, not putting their best foot forward. Of course, deck writing is a smaller part in overall success - but any structured info on this is welcome.

Surprising views of startups on fundraising

We asked ~60 startups their fundraising experience and got some surprising results.1. 40% startups raised money from angels, 30% from friends/family, 15% from VCs, 10% from accelerators and 5% still deciding. This is against popular notion that friends/family contribute more than angels.2. 50% startups pitched to <5 angels/VCs, 30% pitched to 6-10 angels/VCs and 20% pitched to >10...

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If you know a startup, don't envy or disdain. Ask how to help

Seriously, as a new-born entrepreneur I now realize the challenges startups face. And any help is like a godsend! It took me coming to the other side to realize this.So my request to you is, if you know an entrepreneur, please drop in a line to ask if you can help in some little way. Could be an intro, a quick coffee or promoting their updates. You don't know how your reaching out could make...

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Re:Stealth Wear, Coming to a Store Near You on Sunday September 01, 2013 @02:25PM (#6311452)
I think you'd use it to connect to the grid when you want to, make your call and then go off the grid quickly again. It gives the power to you to have a untraceable one-way communication device (if you don't have landlines available ie).

Ask HN: How to gather multi-country response to a survey?

Guys, we are running a survey to compare experiences of entrepreneurs from different countries, but now hit a wall in terms of international response. We are doing this free and will of course share the report with everyone at the end.We have utilized our personal networks, FB, Linkedin and startup forums/groups, but the response accordingly is skewed to 1-2 countries only based on our...

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Re:Global Startup Survey 2013 on Sunday August 25, 2013 @04:17AM (#6271338)
This could throw up a few surprises when the results are published!