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The #VCBootCamp delegation arrived at the @SkyDeck_Cal incubator.

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💬 "A good entrepreneur has strong opinions, weakly held" Pr. Gregory LaBlanc, lecturer at @BerkeleyHaas.

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Pr Gregory LaBlanc is giving his nutshell view on how the VC world works.

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💬 "As a startup owner, you can have too little funds but you can also have too much funds.
You need that sense of emergency to be able to pivot and figure out solutions", Pr Gregory LaBlanc, lecturer at @BerkeleyHaas.

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💬 "Ideas are cheap.
Execution is expensive", Pr Gregory LaBlanc, lecturer at @BerkeleyHaas.

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💬 "When you show up and ask for money to VCs, traction and retention give you the power", Pr Gregory LaBlanc, lecturer at @BerkeleyHaas

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💬 "The good VCs aren't good at identifying good investments. Everybody is good at it. Good VCs are good at identifying bad investments", Pr Gregory LaBlanc, lecturer at @BerkeleyHaas

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💬 "If you want money, ask for advice", Pr Gregory LaBlanc, lecturer at @BerkeleyHaas

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💬 "Finance is not about money, it is about advice, mentorship and feedbacks", Pr Gregory LaBlanc, lecturer at @BerkeleyHaas

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💬 "What's a CEO ? A Chief Experiment Officer", Pr Gregory LaBlanc, lecturer at @BerkeleyHaas.

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💬 "If you know what your business is, it is not a startup", Pr Gregory LaBlanc, lecturer at @BerkeleyHaas

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💬 "Before you raise money, you need to know what your next round will be, what your company can become in one year, how you can multiply your revenue by 10", Kwame, CEO of @QwasarSV.

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Kwame is giving his advice on how to launch a startup.

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💬 "The best time to build your network was yesterday. The second best time is right now", Kwame, CEO of @QwasarSV.

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💬 "If you want to raise capital, you first need to build your network", Kwame, CEO of @QwasarSV.

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💬 "You need someone on your side who makes the difficult decisions", Kwame, CEO of @QwasarSV.

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💬 "If you want to succeed in building a startup, you need advisors", Kwame, CEO of @QwasarSV.

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💬 "If you think you have a good idea, it basically means it's a bad idea", Kwame, CEO of @QwasarSV.

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The video is even better !

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👀 that view of the Bay from @UCBerkeley...

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The Nigerian entrepreneur @Amal_Outsource is now sharing her story as a CEO at @OutSourceGbl.