Tag: Entrepreneurship
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You’re about to start a fundraise. How can you make the process smooth, raise millions, and get back to building? Here are my three best tips… 1. Get Calendly. You cold message an investor and, miraculously, he responds! It’s time to set up a meeting. Just drop your Calendly link…
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Ever worried you’re missing out on the best angel investments? Here are three lesser known syndicates I use to make sure I don’t miss the best deals… Pari Passu Ventures. “Social media is so impersonal these days. It’s all about clout chasing.” That’s what I said to myself this summer…
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How do angels avoid incinerating money? How do you meet the best founders? Jason Calacanis digs into that and more in his book Angel. This is the book that got me into angel investing. Nearly five years and 38 investments later, I decided it was time for a reread. This…
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Is your startup slowly killing you? Are you constantly short of time? Here are three simple ways to save yourself hours every day… Don’t Type — Dictate! These days, I’m writing every blog post with Wispr Flow. This awesome dictation software has massively increased my productivity and it can increase…
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Are you starting a fundraise soon? Here are three great tools that will help you close your round faster… Fast Round. It’s way easier to get a check from a warm intro than a cold message. What if you could get dozens or even hundreds of warm intros all at…
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I fed every deal I’ve ever done to an AI — 38 bets, 400+ pages of deal memos. Here’s what my best investments have in common… So far, two companies out of my 38 investments have broken out: Micro1 and Rilla. What made these bets so much more successful than…
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An investor passes on your startup. You can change their mind, right? Wrong. Here’s why trying to change investors’ minds is a waste of time… Minds Don’t Change Investors are interested right away or not at all. When they pass, the chance of you ever getting a dime is minimal.…
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Ever feel lost on how to improve your product? Here are three ways to get the customer feedback you need… Wrap-Up Sending gift cards and swag to a few dozen customers will probably only cost you a couple thousand dollars. The feedback they give you could be worth millions. Your…
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Here’s how a typical angel investor loses $250,000: This is what happens for most angels. They only invest in one company. The founders are not technical, and the product never launches. Their money goes up in smoke. Here’s how we can do better… Focus on Launched Products I never invest…
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Foreign founders raising money in America make the same mistakes over and over. Here are 5 things you need to get right to raise in the US… Humility Doesn’t Play in America “We’ll see how it goes.” I was at a demo day in NYC a while back, listening to…
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