Category: Technology
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
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…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
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…
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
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…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
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.…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, Construction, Finance, Investing, Money, Netherlands, Robot, Robotics, Startups, Venture Capital+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
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…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Small Business, Startups, Venture Capital+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
“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…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital, Work-Life Balance+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
So much for the down market. Seed valuations reached an all-time high in 2023, according to a new report from Pitchbook. Median pre-money valuations hit $12 million last year. This was higher even than the peak of the 2021 bubble, when they sat around $8 million. For seed valuations, there…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Stock Market, Stocks, Tech, Venture Capital+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
I look at around 2,000 startups a year. Certain ideas pop up over and over — and keep failing. Today, I thought I’d break down a few common startup ideas I see, and why they tend to go wrong. 1) Geolocation – “An app to find your friends and hang…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Angel Investing, Apps, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
Neumann’s back! Founder Adam Neumann is trying to “purchase [WeWork] or its assets” out of bankruptcy, according to a letter from Neumann’s attorneys. Meet the New Founder, Same As the Old Founder Neumann built WeWork from the ground up, but his overspending and self-dealing tanked the company’s 2019 IPO. The…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
Note: This is not investment or legal advice. Once you’ve decided to invest in a startup, how do you actually finalize the deal? This morning, I’m signing and wiring for a new investment. Here’s how it works… 1) Term Sheet. The lead investor generates a term sheet. This document tells…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Angel Investing, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Tremendous 