Author: tremendousblog
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The best founders in the world have their choice of investors. So I’m not waiting for them to contact me — I’m going to them. When I started as an angel in 2021, I let the deals come to me. These days, I’m doing a lot more outbound. Here’s how…
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Deel is one of the most successful startups today, valued at $12 billion. So when I found their pre-seed deck this week, I was really intrigued. Deel’s deck from 2019 is simple and effective. Let’s dig in… Framing the Problem Founders Alex and Shuo do a great job of framing…
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If you trade on inside information in the public markets, you go to prison. If you don’t have inside info in the private markets, you’re not doing your job. Private tech startups release little or no information to the public. Everything is confidential between the founder and investors. But some…
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I found myself in the kitchen last night, cracking an egg into a frying pan. This wasn’t a normal dinner — this was research. Decks and deal memos are great. But to really understand what a startup does, you have to use the product. So when I had the chance…
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When I have meetings in New York, I know where I’m going: Angelina Paris. Angelina has existed in France for over a century. It has only one sit-down location in the United States — and this is it. I plopped into a soft chair at a sleek marble table. A…
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+ Cafe, Coffee, Croissants, Desserts, Dining, Eating out, France, French, Manhattan, New York, Pastry, Restaurants+
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A cute little robot trundles up to the construction site, carrying the next set of bricks. On goes a thick layer of mortar that looks kind of like icing. Slowly but surely, the wall rises a little higher. This is the new brick laying robot from a startup called Monumental.…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Construction, Finance, Investing, Money, Netherlands, Robot, Robotics, Startups, Venture Capital+
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If you’re having trouble raising money, it’s not just you. Angel, pre-seed, and seed funding in January fell to the lowest level since before ZIRP, according to a new Crunchbase report. Those earliest rounds totaled just $2.1 billion in January. This funding slowdown happened even as total venture funding actually…
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“I have to be a little bit skeptical, or I’d invest in everything. But it’s also my job to ask myself ‘What if it works?’.” If you invest in startups, you have to hit a delicate balance. You can’t give everyone a check . And yet, you have to believe…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital, Work-Life Balance+
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These hedge fund fees are getting ridiculous. Some are taking almost 60% of investment gains, according to a new Bloomberg report. These days, a handful of large multistrategy funds dominate the hedge fund industry. Investors are falling all over themselves trying to write bigger and bigger checks into the same…
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On the crisp linen tablecloth sat a thick, leatherbound menu. I cracked it open. This was going to be an incredible meal. This is Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in NYC. The light streamed through tall windows as we made our selections. Hmm…so many choices… Oooh, bread! I dug my…
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Tremendous 