Author: tremendousblog
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In April 2021, I started the world’s tiniest venture fund. In the next few months, I’m about to close “Fund 1” and open “Fund 2.” My goal for my startup investments is to learn and to make returns that beat the stock market. The best way to learn is with…
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+ Angel, Angel Investing, Angel Investor, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, funding, Investing, Money, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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If you send me your company, what should you expect from me? Here’s how my investment process works… Qualification I focus on meeting companies with these characteristics: I qualify startups like this because I don’t want to waste anyone’s time. If the business is something I know nothing about (biotech,…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startup, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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“China’s past thirty years of economic growth has been impressive, but they’ve also left the People’s Republic with roughly the per person income of Mexico. Nobody worries about Mexico dominating twenty-first-century power politics or asks how we’re going to stop them from winning the future. The difference is there are…
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+ China, Economics, Economy, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stock Market, Stocks, Tech, Venture Capital+
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In my best meetings with founders, we have a back-and-forth discussion. In the worst, only the founder talks. Here’s how to avoid those bad meetings… Take a Breath! Some founders talk very fast and never pause. Instead, pause after an important point. Let it sink in, and leave a space…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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You’re about to get on a Zoom with an investor. On this call, there’s one thing you must not do: just show up and talk. Many founders “show up and throw up.” They come onto the call and give a long, unfocused monologue. They quickly lose their audience. And they…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startup, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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“I want to support the founder.” Whenever I hear myself say that, I throw my checkbook in the river. Follow-on investments can massively increase your returns. But done wrong, they can sink you. When Pro Rata Works Let’s back up and explain what I mean by follow-on and pro rata.…
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One of my investments got acquired at a small loss. A co-investor flamed the founder over it. Never do this. If you invest in startups, most of them will fail. Some investors run wild, writing angry e-mails or even filing lawsuits. This is gross and counterproductive. Here’s how to handle…
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If your startup fails in China, investors can seize all your assets. Why would any ambitious young person start a company in China today? Chinese venture capitalists are going after the founders of struggling startups, trying to get their money back. They’ve taken apartments and bank accounts, according to an…
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+ Business, CCP, China, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startup, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital, Xi Jinping+
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Whenever I walk down Washington Street in Hoboken, NJ, I see them: the food delivery guys. There are dozens of them, zipping around on bikes or waiting for orders. What happens when there’s no more work for any of them? In Los Angeles, dozens of robots from Serve Robotics are…
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+ AI, Artifcial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Border, Immigration, Robotics, Robots, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital+
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Manhattan rush hour is the ultimate test of self-driving. So, how does Tesla’s new FSD 13 do? Let’s find out… Tesla started rolling out its latest self-driving system, FSD 13, over the last few weeks. Tesla owners are already raving about it. One even used FSD 13 in Manhattan and…
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+ AI, Artifcial Intelligence, Automobiles, Business, Elon, Elon Musk, FSD, News, Startups, Stocks, Technology, Tesla, TSLA+
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Tremendous 