Comments on: Entrepreneurial advice: The demo is the difference http://blog.socaltech.com/2008/01/23/entrepreneurial-advice-the-demo-is-the-difference/ Thoughts on Southern California's high tech and venture capital industry Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:24:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: jtalbot http://blog.socaltech.com/2008/01/23/entrepreneurial-advice-the-demo-is-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-651 jtalbot Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:03:00 +0000 http://blog.socaltech.com/2008/01/23/entrepreneurial-advice-the-demo-is-the-difference/#comment-651 The first startup I was involved with spent too long in the lather, rinse, repeat cycle of refining the idea, updating the powerpoint slides, and pitching the refined idea to a new set of venture firms. At some point we realized that we could spend forever describing heaven on a whiteboard, but we wouldn't get real traction until we built something. Your prototype communicates your message a thousand fold better and faster than any description or powerpoint presentation ever will. The first startup I was involved with spent too long in the lather, rinse, repeat cycle of refining the idea, updating the powerpoint slides, and pitching the refined idea to a new set of venture firms. At some point we realized that we could spend forever describing heaven on a whiteboard, but we wouldn’t get real traction until we built something.

Your prototype communicates your message a thousand fold better and faster than any description or powerpoint presentation ever will.

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