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  1. Day 2 at #AstiaDIR ... Effective Investor Presentations on tap now
  2. The Ex-Im Bank has funded $75B in 75 years. Last year was its largest funding year. They are a hidden source. #Astia
  3. Rob Guthrie of the US Export-Import Bank is talking about export funding for renewable energy - startups are welcome! #Astia
  4. #AstiaDIR: the Alternative Funding Strategy panel, sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank, is about to begin. Are you following #Astia?
  5. "If you are seeking financing, make sure it is mentor capital," says @sramana #AstiaDIR
  6. "If you have been laid off, create your own job," says @sramana #AstiaDIR
  7. "Validate your ideas before you write a line of code" says @sramana #AstiaDIR
  8. "Policy idea: defer taxes to start-ups to help them bootstrap and ctrl cash " @sramana #AstiaDIR
  9. #AstiaDIR "These 3M entrepreneurs will need to be funded outside of VC," says @sramana
  10. #AstiaDIR "To create 30M jobs, we need 3M entrepreneurs," says @sramana
  11. #AstiaDIR "Bootstrapping, Weapon of MassReconstruction" with Forbes columnist @sramana
  12. #AstiaDIR Think of how you allocate your time between fundraising and generating revenue,
  13. Best Practices in Funding Workshop with Matt Kirmayer of MintzLevin #AstiaDIR
  14. The more time you spend with customers generating revenue, the better the hit rate with investors, says BioVantage #AstiaDIR
  15. Then, back channel through your intros to these investors for further data, says @simopsstudio #AstiaDIR
  16. Entrepreneurs: ask for the close (what do you really think?) at the end of VC/angel mtgs, says White Hat Security #AstiaDIR
  17. Tie your product to the entire larger market and carve out your piece, says Sue Kuntz of BioVantage #AstiaDIR
  18. Get to the point QUICKLY about what the biz does and make it simple, says Firelake Capital #AstiaDIR.
  19. Most impt thing when prepping for fundraising? Describe how investors will make $x ROI in 5-7 years, says White Hat Security #AstiaDIR
  20. #astiaDIR Stephanie Fohn of White Hat Security and Eghosha Omoigui of Intel Capital.