Tag: Entrepreneur
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Never miss a post! Subscribe! Every day, from demo days to pitch competitions, from LinkedIn messages to e-mail, I see hardworking founders making the same mistake. If you’re raising money today, chances are you’re doing it too. No trend = no interest A lot of what venture capitalists and angels…
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Never miss a post! Subscribe! I woke up this morning and wandered into the kitchen. I opened the fridge and poured a delicious glass of tingly seltzer. Mango flavor. After a glass or two, I threw out the empty plastic bottle. That bottle may soon make it into the ocean…
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Markets are hot. And your startup is growing fast. Time to raise money at the highest price you can get…right? Wrong. Lately, I’ve seen companies raising seed rounds at valuations of $125 and even $150 million. A few years ago, a typical seed round valuation was more like $5 to…
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Not that kind of angel! You’ve heard of angel investors and their big brothers, venture capitalists. But what does an angel investor actually do in a day? I thought I’d break down my day today so you can see how the sausage is made: 1) Read deal memos in inbox.…
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Venture capital funding is growing at an incredible rate. The money pouring into early stage startups, my playground, has increased by billions of dollars per quarter just since 2020. I see the perverse results of this cash flood every day. Here are a few, from just this week alone: 1)…
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Last week, I was talking with a young founder who is just starting to pitch investors. She wished she could find a good example of a 3 minute pitch. So I figured if she was having this problem, others probably were too! This morning, I made a little video of…
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Elad Gil is a Silicon Valley legend. After selling his startup to Twitter, he helped the company scale from 90 to 1500 people in under 3 years. He’s also had enormous success as an angel investor, investing in startups like Airbnb, Coinbase, Square and Stripe. So I was very excited…
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You’ve been meeting with investors day after day. You get a lot of “very interestings” but no actual checks. What are these people looking for? Today, I thought I’d explain what I look for in a startup. As an angel investor, I invest in about 1-2% of the companies I…
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You’ve worked really hard on your pitch to investors. But what if some of the things you’re saying are actually turning them off? Here are several things that can be a negative signal to investors: 1) No clear growth trend. If you don’t share information about month over month revenue…
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+ Angel Investing, Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, Softtware, Startup, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Tremendous 