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Comment on What is the minimum viable product? by Burning Man: Meaningless Debauchery or Entrepreneurs in Training? | Startup Happiness

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:44:11 +0000

[...] a bit, interact with friends and fellow travelers, and then scoot back to Reno for a hot shower. Minimum viable Burning Man! Pre-dawn Drive past Pyramid [...]

Comment on AngelList Scouts by Roman

Roman — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:56:08 +0000

There is one more great startup which was launched recently – Qubrit (http://qubrit.com) which is a “virtual business cards and business collaboration network”.

Comment on 10 skills I look for before writing a check, Part 3: Detail Orientation, Competitiveness, Decisiveness by Alan White

Alan White — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:55:34 +0000

It’s intriguing that Mark uses the word “Skills” to describe these entrepreneurial qualities. Does that imply they can be learned or adopted? Some of the skills seem more like innate character traits. My takeaway is that these skills come naturally to some but can be learned by others. In any case, if you don’t have all or most of those characteristics, keep your day job or start a conventional small business in a market that isn’t hypercompetitive. I can do that!

Comment on Pivotal Tracker: The iPod of project management software by Martin D.

Martin D. — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:05:54 +0000

Hey Nivi,

Your post is 2 yrs old now, but the comment thread still shows activity so I thought I’d chime in :)

If you like PT, I think you’d find a lot of value in using Planio.com . It’s still in Beta but I think it delivers on very important features that Pivotal does not cover:
- Sorting and filtering of stories (see stories that matter to you and hide the ones that don’t)
- Progress indicators (know where you, your team and co-workers stand with respect to the schedule)
- Integrated feedback management (embed our feedback widget in your site and feedback is added to Planio automagically)
- Drag and drop file attachments in stories

You can even import a project from Pivotal Tracker, and can export your data any time…

Give it a try and let me know what you think! We’d love to build a tool that VH and its readership would find useful.

Comment on How to raise money with no lead by Ralph L. McNeal

Ralph L. McNeal — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:19:03 +0000

After spending over 20 years as a V.C. and small business advocate…never heard so much “malarky” in my life. My organization reviewed over 150 deals a year and our goal was to do four. We analyzed the business plan (which is a selling document), applied our due diligence, research, etc. and produced a “Letter of Agreement.” That letter of agreement was then passed on to the participants lawyers, closing documents came forth to be signed, sealed and delivered. We acted as lead investors, and syndicated where necessary. Worked in concert with Governments, Economic Development folks, Corporations and others that could bring “Added Value” to the deal. Our goal was to bring the “Added Value” based on experience with other new ventures and industries, contacts, networking, campaigning, board representation, etc.

Comment on FBI Negotiator: “If they’re talking to you, you have leverage” by 6 reasons why my VC funded startup did fail - neoQI - QiBud

6 reasons why my VC funded startup did fail - neoQI - QiBud — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:47:57 +0000

[...] make or break you. Just look at the role Apples marketing has played in their recent success. Venture Hacks — VH Twitters: Persistence Edition October 28th, [...]

Comment on AngelList Scouts by Sergey

Sergey — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:11:39 +0000

Can’t believe you guy still don’t have any scouts in the Silicon Hills, Austin TX. Perhaps Naval can recruit someone next week when he’s here. ;)

Comment on John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins on building Intuit by John Doerr on building Intuit | satisfy my soul

John Doerr on building Intuit | satisfy my soul — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:26:34 +0000

[...] excellent review of John Doerr’s introduction to Inside Intuit. “Inside Intuit is a tale of missionaries, [...]

Comment on What should I send investors? Part 1: Elevator Pitch by seeking women

seeking women — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:15:41 +0000

[...] What should I send investors? Part 1: The Elevator Pitch by Venture Hacks – Venture Hacks is one of my favorite all around startup/entrepreneurial resources and their article about pitching is no less. In this article Venture Hacks gives a real life example of a pitch by serial entrepreneur Marc Andreessen, dissects his pitch, and shows you how to write a pitch just as good as Marc’s. [...]

Comment on My experiments in lean pricing by Daniele Galiffa

Daniele Galiffa — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:46:10 +0000

me too ;)