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Monday
09Nov2009

4 ways to automatically get rejected from an angel investor

I loved this post so much that I had to give it some major love. The post is from Jason Cohen of Smart Bear Software. He lists these four ways he believes will automatically get you rejected from an angel investor.

1) Be dismissive of the competition

2) Have five-year projections

3) Gloss over your strategy for customer acquisition

4) Do what you think you "should do" instead of what feels right

See full post at VentureBeat.

Monday
04May2009

2009 Developers Challenge announced by Blackberry Partners Fund

The Blackberry Partners Fund has announced their 2009 Blackberry Developers Challenge, offering $25,000 cash and $25,000 in services to the developer with the best Blackberry application and supporting business plan. Blackberry will also be giving away $10,000 cash to the runner up. See full story at TechCrunch.