Tag: Finance
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I’ve looked at thousands of founder pitches. Here are 5 mistakes I keep seeing, and how you can avoid them… Wrap-Up Fundraising is sales. When I meet a founder who’s good at fundraising. I picture him crushing one sales meeting after another. If you want to get good at fundraising,…
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The 0 to $100 million stories only happen in AI infra. What about the rest of the economy? You can still build an amazing business while growing more slowly. You just need to do things a little differently… Building In a Boring Industry A while back, I met with a…
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“We went from 120 people down to 12. Laying them off was incredibly hard.” We’ll call this founder “Jim.” When I spoke with Jim recently, he looked tired but determined. Jim was doing everything to keep his company alive. That meant getting rid of most of his team. Cutting Off…
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I run the world’s tiniest venture fund. And it’s beating almost everyone. 2.38x TVPI, 35.5% IRR. I think of my angel investments as the world’s smallest fund. This morning, I dug into some numbers to see how I’m doing… What Metrics Should We Look At? My “Fund 1” contains 36…
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“We need $1 million.” You may need it. But does anyone want to give it to you? So many founders treat venture capital like a gas station. When you’re out, come in for a refill! That worked in 2021. It doesn’t work now. What you need is not the investor’s…
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Ever dreamed about building a viral app? My buddy Jesse Bray did it. Jesse had an idea for an app called TimTalk — a hillbilly Twitter. People loved the demo…but building a scalable app proved more difficult than Jesse expected… We Won $5,000 for an App That Didn’t Exist How…
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“They said a $5 million valuation was way too high.” I was chatting with a great founder from Tokyo last night. And I could hardly believe what I was hearing… Dealing With Investors With Crazy Expectations We’ll call her Sarah. Sarah is raising for a SaaS company with some strong…
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“How did you know Instacart would be a big success?” I asked a VC who was one of the first investors. His answer surprised me… “I didn’t.” I sat there slack-jawed. “They had a good product, they were expanding quickly from neighborhood to neighborhood in San Francisco.” he continued. “It…
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Do you have a list of customers or prospects you want to monitor news for? Here’s how to build an easy automation with Grok Projects… For me, my founders are my customers. And since I’ve got 42 investments now, it’s hard to keep track of what’s going on with all…
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Ever have a great conversation with a VC and then…crickets? If a VC is ghosting you, here’s what to do… Nothing Is Real Until the Term Sheet Hits A founder on Reddit is having this problem right now. He had a good conversation with a VC who promised to get…
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