Tag: Entrepreneurship
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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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Venture capital can feel like a secret club with its own language. How do you actually get money? Here are three great ways to get up to speed on how fundraising works… Founder University “Where did he learn to pitch like that?” Founder University, that’s where. I was at a…
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I never miss JCal’s Launch Accelerator Demo Day. Yesterday’s event was one of the best yet. Here are my three favorite startups… 3. NextVisit. NextVisit helps psychiatrists document their visits easily using AI. The app listens to the doctor and patient speak, completing notes and other charting for you. Some…
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I’m seeing tons of seed rounds at $40 million and up. Here’s why those will turn out to be bad investments…. Venture Funds Need Massive Growth Startups raising seed rounds at $40M need to hit $1B ARR within 10 years. That is a near-impossible task. But any less, and it’s…
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A strange number popped up on my phone this morning. It was Boardy, the first AI venture capitalist. And it looks like we may be working together… Boardy is an an AI agent that helps you find customers, investors, and employees. Scrolling X last night, I saw a post on…
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