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 Send to email | Free VC Advice For Startups, Via Twitter in General |  By Silicon
el 24-Aug-2008 |  Twitter may not be best place for startups to look for funding, but it does offer other services. Free advice, for instance, from some Web-friendly investors, via the just-launched VCtips.
VCtips is a Twiter bot -- a Twitter feed with multiple authors -- created by Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson and O'Reilly AlphaTech Vventures' Bryce Roberts. The two of them, along with 8 other VCs, use the service to offer advice and aphorisms, fortune cookie-style, to startups. Like:
if you're not funny, don't use humor in your pitch. vc meetings aren't the best venue for trying out new material.
Here is the roster of other advice-givers. We gather that the list will be growing in the days to come:
Josh Kopelman, First Round Capital
Chris Sacca, former Google exec-turned angel
Rob Hayes, First Round
David Hornik, August Capital
Andy Weissman, Betaworks
Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital
Albert Wenger, USV
Aydin Senkut, Felcis Ventures
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| fav.or.it Founder Fires at Twitter and the Blogosphere, Fixes Twitter for Free |  Call it a modern anomaly, herd mentality or whatever else you want but Twitter seems to continue to grow in popularity as its downtime issues get more pronounced. Amidst recent news of a successful funding round, Twitter’s problems keep getting worse as buzz throughout the blogosphere questions Twitter’s staying power. Is it really that hard [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 27-May-2008 by Zach Epstein in NetworksServicesdowntimefav.or.itNick HalsteadstabilityTwitter
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| Calacanis: I've Get Plenty Of Money. You Should Get Some Too | | Shortly after New York tech scene's best and brightest got drunk and hit the karaoke bar, they gathered around Mahalo's Jason Calacanis for advice. It was succinct, according to Nate Westheimer:
'Are we f-ed?' I asked Jason, in reference to this tailspin economy's impact on Internet startups.
His reply: 'I'm not. I raised eno [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Mar-2008 by Silicon in General
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| Twitter Mainstream? Not Yet | | "A source close" to Twitter provides TechCrunch with what is supposedly the first realistic assessment of Twitter usage stats. Conclusion: It's a lot more popular than it used to be, but still con [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Apr-2008 by Silicon in General
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