Tag: Founders
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Most investors don’t reply to updates. I think that’s ridiculous. Here’s why I reply to every single one… It’s the Least You Can Do Founders are working 80, 90, 100 hours a week. And they’re doing it on our behalf, at least in part. The least I can do is…
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Some angels rip $50k, $250k or more into a startup. I never do that. Here’s why… I want to build a big portfolio of investments. Three years in, I have 29 companies and I’m headed to 100. I also want to put aside half the cash I have earmarked for…
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VC’s have over $300 billion of money they haven’t invested, also known as “dry powder.” But you may never get it. What Is Dry Powder? Let’s say I’m running investments for Francis University. I decide to invest in ABC Ventures. I promise to invest $100,000,000 — so that means I…
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“I love this team and your product is amazing! I just couldn’t get my partners there. We’ll be cheering from the sidelines!” How many times have you heard that? Well, you won’t hear it from me. “They Never Give a Reason” I recently spoke with Mike*, the founder of a…
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Jack Welch was one of the most famous CEO’s of his time. So how do you buttonhole him at a book signing and get him to speak at a class he’s never even heard of? “Is it a ridiculous idea for you to speak at the negotiation class I teach…
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On Saturday, I had lunch with one of my most successful founders. As I dug into my burger, he said something that stopped me cold. “We give away swag bags to new customers,” David* said. “The tote bags themselves cost $0.30 each.” In that moment, I recognized something I’ve seen…
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I have a problem. I invested in an amazing founder. But he’s in the wrong market. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! His name is Jim. He runs a consumer SaaS company. Actually, his name isn’t Jim and that’s not his market either. This is a composite. Jim works really…
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Like many investors, I love a good SaaS business. But have we flooded the market with so many startups that customers are about to rebel? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I was amazed when I saw how many subscriptions this founder was paying for…just for himself! That leads us…
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Every morning for the last couple of months, I see the same thing: fewer deals in my inbox. So it’s no surprise that new data from Pitchbook show a drop in seed funding for the second quarter: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From an analysis of the data that…
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You did it! You closed a big funding round! Time to pop the champagne! But you still have one little problem: what are these pesky investor updates? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! If there’s one thing that really confuses founders I meet, it’s investor updates. Many big investors require…
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Tremendous 