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		<title>Another Strategy Tool: STEEPLE Analysis</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/05/another-strategy-tool-steeple-analysis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 22:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SWOT is a tool familiar to a lot of people, but another tool, equally valuable is the STEEPLE Analysis.  They both become more powerful if used in together. STEEPLE (Social, Technological, Environmental, Economic, Political, Legal and Ethical) analysis allow business to anticipate future trends by considering the macro environment in which a company operates, enabling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Competitive Advantage for Investor Funding &#8211; Understanding Their Risk</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/05/a-competitive-advantage-for-investor-funding-understanding-their-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 22:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an entrepreneur have you ever considered what you look like from an investor&#8217;s perspective?   Investors are constantly seeking to minimize their risk and increase their returns, they&#8217;re investing equity capital, AKA risk capital, and from their perch, they see four types of risk in companies they potentially invest in: market people technology finance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes on Cross Border M&amp;A Panel</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/04/notes-on-cross-border-ma-panel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attended an interesting panel on International M&#38;A hosted by US MAC and thought that they had some good points worth sharing: Moderator: David Steele &#8211; Dean of the College of Business at San Jose University, former president of Chevron Latin America Panelists: Monty Gray &#8211; Director of M&#38;A at SAP Rudy Burger &#8211; Managing Partner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Money: How and Where to Get It?</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/04/public-money-how-and-where-to-get-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I attended a panel hosted by the Environmental Business Cluster (EBC) &#8211; the oldest such business incubator in the country. Moderating: Evan Goldman, EIR at the EBC Panel: Cisco DeVries, President of Renewable Funding &#8211; Has held many positions within various government agencies and could offer the perspective of having been on both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in Start Ups (notes from recent SD Forum Panel)</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/03/women-in-start-ups-notes-from-recent-sd-forum-panel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 23:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week I attended a great panel sponsored by SD Forum, in Palo Alto.   All the participants were former entrepreneurs.  As you may have surmised based on my description of the panel, the panel focused on what steps women entrepreneurs can take to increase the attractiveness of their ventures to investors and to find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Mistakes a Start Up Entrepreneur Makes</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/02/top-10-mistakes-a-start-up-entrepreneur-makes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/02/top-10-mistakes-a-start-up-entrepreneur-makes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most startups fail for one of the following reasons: Poor Management Acumen Many entrepreneurs start relatively early and consequently do not have a lot of management experience under their belt.  Often they are technical experts and lack business acumen, and either cannot or will not bring in the resources necessary for success.  This one is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBA&#8217;s Look at at Key Issues for Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/01/sbas-look-at-at-key-issues-for-entrepreneurs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/01/sbas-look-at-at-key-issues-for-entrepreneurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking over the SBA&#8217;s report on the &#8220;State of Entrepreneurism in the United States&#8221; it occurred to me that their criteria may not necessarily be what an entrepreneur considers as their information is funneled.  However taking a step back and gaining a broader view of the options available can make a difference.  I thought this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communication is Critical</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2010/01/communication-is-critical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen this scenario, and it drives me bonkers. Two people pitch their ideas to insert appropriate decision maker: upper management, venture capitalists, city council, and if you could put them on mute and study the ideas objectively you would see that one is clearly superior.   The problem is that on more than one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ideas when requesting funding</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2009/11/ideas-when-requesting-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/?p=452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended a panel on start-up funding, and while this information is mostly common sense, its always good to be reminded.  So here&#8217;s a quick summary of my notes along with my own commentary thrown in. Prepare, prepare, prepare Be ready for the pitch, and remember you are making a sale, but at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ideas for Investor Presentations</title>
		<link>http://blog.sagaciousconsulting.com/2009/11/ideas-for-investor-presentations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KISS plays an important role (Keep It Simple Stupid) You do not need many slides and they should be to the point.  These slides will probably not fall into place but result from a lot of sweat and tears to get them down to their core message.  This may be challenging as everyone is excited [...]]]></description>
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