Tag: Entrepreneur
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I had wandered into a foreign land. The people spoke a strange tongue…CAC, LTV, SMB. How could I join their tribe and learn their ways? I consulted the oracle: Google. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The world of startups has a language all its own. When I started angel…
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Exciting news out this week as legendary venture firm Sequoia Capital comes to NYC. Its new offices near Union Square are the firm’s first American branch outside the Bay Area. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From The Information: Sequoia Capital, the Menlo Park, Calif.–based venture capital firm known for…
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You have an amazing idea. But can you make it a reality? That’s the question facing a lot of non-technical startup founders. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I often meet with entrepreneurs with amazing ideas. They want to raise capital to build their product. But this isn’t how venture…
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Every morning for the last couple of months, I see the same thing: fewer deals in my inbox. So it’s no surprise that new data from Pitchbook show a drop in seed funding for the second quarter: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From an analysis of the data that…
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Some day, I want to look up at a big billboard in Times Square and say, “I knew that company when it was three people. And I saw what it could be.” But how do I get there? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I’ve been investing in early stage…
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You did it! You closed a big funding round! Time to pop the champagne! But you still have one little problem: what are these pesky investor updates? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! If there’s one thing that really confuses founders I meet, it’s investor updates. Many big investors require…
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A nice young man contacted me recently with an investment opportunity: a nude resort in Mexico. I declined. But not for the reason you might think. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Are You a Venture Scale Business? My decision wasn’t a moral one. I passed because this is not…
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They were the best and brightest young engineers American could produce. But they had one problem: their boss was a tyrant. Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory founder William Shockley shouted at his talented engineers, recorded all phone calls, and even demanded they take lie detector tests. All refused. Instead, they did something…
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In the world of venture capital, there are two species: great white shark VC’s and goldfish angel investors. They dwarf us in size and power as we wiggle about looking for an insect to eat. So I was surprised to learn that in some of the hottest deals, angel investors…
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“When in doubt, take the shot.” Doug Leone, Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital The partners from prestigious venture firm Accel stood outside an office in Palo Alto, waiting to take theirs. These were the offices of a young startup called thefacebook. Most startups would’ve killed to meet them. But thefacebook’s young…
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Tremendous 