Tag: Entrepreneur
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When your founders’ butts are on the line, don’t be loyal to a bank. Be loyal to your founders. That’s my biggest lesson from the chaos at Silicon Valley Bank. SVB was just shut down by the FDIC. Companies could lose deposits above $250,000. From Bloomberg: Uninsured depositors will get…
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For decades, if you wanted to build a startup, you had to be in Silicon Valley. But today, the best place might just be Tennessee. Or Omaha. Or Little Rock. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! In today’s market, building away from the coasts offers some huge advantages: 1) Lower…
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When a startup is struggling, what’s the duty of investors? This question is front and center as Sequoia has walked away from controversial startup Citizen, cutting it off from funding and resigning from the board. From a report out this weekend in the Financial Times: Sequoia Capital has resigned from…
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I recently met with a startup that’s dead broke. They’re convinced that if only they could raise another round, everything will work. It won’t. Here’s why… Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Some startups are negative gross margin businesses. Think of this as the old cliche, “We lose money on…
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“This situation must be controlled before it’s too late! They are multiplying too rapidly.” The Dawn of the Dead, 1978 That friendly VC you met on Zoom might not be what he seems. He might be…the undead! Zombie venture firms are firms that can’t raise a new fund. So, they…
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Many startups I invested in are coming back and asking for more. So how do I decide to double down — or cut my losses? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Here’s how I approach follow-on funding: Performance I want to see startups triple revenue year over year after I…
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We investors have no function except to find and help the next Google. But, uh, where is it? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Finding the great companies of the future is a huge part of our job. I look at 150-250 companies every month. I choose one. Since I…
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Tough times in startupland show no signs of ending. Venture funding fell 67% in December from a year earlier, according to a new report by S&P Global: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The number of completed rounds fell by 57%. These grim stats match what I’m seeing in the…
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Many founders work incredible hours. So what’s all this for…just to make someone like me money? Hardly. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I know startups can change lives because I’ve seen it happen. My mom lives in a small town in Wisconsin. Getting around without a car is nearly…
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“Kid, haven’t you heard of Friendster? Move on. It’s over!” VC Jeremy Levine passing on Facebook, 2004 (speaking to Eduardo Saverin). Ouch. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Bessemer Venture Partners passed on Apple, Google, Facebook and countless other highly successful companies. In what they’re calling an “anti-portfolio,” the venerable…
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Tremendous 