Tag: Entrepreneurship
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“How are you getting into seed rounds with just a $10k check?” Here’s how… Help a Founder, Win a Deal A couple of months ago, I met an amazing founder I’ll call “Jim”. Jim had recently left one of the best hard tech startups in the world. Now he was…
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Most decks suck. Here’s how to get it right and raise millions of dollars… Bad decks all have the same problems. They’re vague. They’re wordy. Or both. Do the opposite. Be clear. Be brief. Here are some Do’s and Don’ts to follow… Do: Don’t: Wrap-Up This post may sound a…
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The median Seed stage startup is raising at $20 million pre-money. That’s too high for investors to make a decent return. High Prices at the Startup Store AngelList just came out with its wonderful The State of Venture Report H1 2025. It shows that the median Seed valuation is at…
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The level of accepted laziness in this business is just pathetic. I’m no Harry Stebbings. I don’t do 996. But day after day, I find myself shocked at the total lack of standards investors have for themselves. This laziness hurts startups. It also hurts investors, whose net worth (and reputation)…
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“All the greats in business studied the greats in business.” Podcasts are a wonderful way to do it. Here are my favorites… This Week in Startups — My #1 most listened to podcast for several years running. If you’re a founder or investor, TWIST will tell you everything you need…
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Cyan Banister is one of the best investors ever, backing SpaceX, Uber, Flexport and more. To find the next great startup, Cyan asks an unusual question… The Human Behavior Question When she sees a new product, she doesn’t just calculate the Total Addressable Market (TAM). She asks herself “Does it…
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“$800k ARR…is that contracted or live?” Most investors never ask this question. They’re making a big mistake. Whether you’re an investor or a founder, you have to understand the difference between contracted and live revenue. Tl,dr: Contracted ARR is signed revenue, live ARR is actual money you’re billing. Focus on…
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I never show this spreadsheet to anyone. 54 top investors. This is my secret weapon. My money is no greener than anybody else’s. So if I want to invest in the best founders, I need to bring something else to the table. This spreadsheet makes it happen. Meet “The Sheet”…
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What happens when you lower the cost of something? You get more of it. My latest investment, Zeon Systems, is doing that for scientific research. Zeon lets you automate experiments. Just describe the experiment in natural language in a ChatGPT-style text box. Then, the robot arms carry it out! There…
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Figma goes public today. Seed investors were locked up for 12 years. That’s a long time to wait! But here’s why we should be grateful for lockups… Every company goes through hard times. If we were allowed to dump our shares, we probably would! Then, we’d miss out on enormous…
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Tremendous 