Tag: Entrepreneurship
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“You have to meet these LedgerUp guys, they’re crushing it!” With an intro like that, I knew I had to take the meeting. I was chatting with a great YC founder, and he told me about his batchmates, Joseph and Bailey. He was super impressed with how their bookkeeping software…
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When I see a company raising $50k, $100k, or even $250k, I scroll right past them. It’s just not enough money to get to the next level. So how much money should you raise, and why? How Much Should I Raise? You want to raise enough money for you to…
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Now that we’ve got that pesky election over, we can talk about what’s really important: why do VC’s hate solo founders? If there’s one thing that makes VC’s pass on a company, it’s the lack of a co-founder. Of my 32 investments, all but 5 have at least 2 founders.…
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My buddy Jesse is raising $600,000. He just sent me his deck and asked me to tear it apart in public. You’re a brave man, Jesse! Let’s get started… Jesse’s startup is called LightHaus. It’s an app to provide kids with art therapy. Jesse asked me to be brutal. But…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startup, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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If you’re selling sausages door to door, you don’t go to the vegan co-op. If you’re trying to find great founders, you don’t go to a tech event. When I first started as an angel investor, I went to tons of tech events. For a year, I made sure I…
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Founders ask me all the time how to improve their pitch. Here’s what I tell them…focus on the Big 3: Vision, Team and Traction. Every day, I see lengthy decks and memos that get mired it detail. Exhaustive market analyses, 10 year projections, and long lists of “advisors.” Ditch all…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Small Business, Startup, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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Investors are obsessed with pedigree. Today, I made a list of where every founder I’ve invested in went to college. So, do the top schools produce better founders? Let’s find out… To be consistent, I looked at where the Founder & CEO of each of my investments got their bachelor’s…
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+ Business, College, Education, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founder, Founders, Investing, Money, Startup, Startups, Tech, University, Venture Capital+
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Founders often tell you they’re going to send monthly updates, but how often do they really do it? Today, I did a review of my entire portfolio to answer that question. Here’s what I found… A Peak Inside My Portfolio That leaves 24 active investments that should be sending updates.…
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+ Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Investment, Money, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital+
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I once met a founder who went into $700,000 of debt for his startup. On the Mr. Bray Labs podcast, I dug into that and other crazy stories I’ve seen in my 3.5 years investing in startups. Here are some of my favorite moments from the Part 2 with Jesse:…
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+ Angel Invesing, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, Silicon Valley, Startup, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital+
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He started with $50 million. Today, Thomas Laffont manages $50 billion. At the All-In Summit, the Coatue Management co-founder explains what has gone wrong in the venture market and how we get back on track. Fake Unicorns There are 1,440 private tech companies valued at over $1 billion. This is…
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Tremendous 