Tag: Investing
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People buy your product for 2 reasons: you make them money or you save them money. If you want to grow fast, make that value proposition crystal clear. A clear value prop is one of the biggest things I look for when I meet with founders. It needs to be…
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They wanted $100,000, minimum. I politely bowed out. This is how startups sabotage their funding rounds. How Investment Minimums Work Against You Some startups insist on a minimum check size. This excludes helpful investors and makes it harder to close the round. At $100,000, this startup was excluding most angels.…
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YC has a new Request for Startups. Here are my 3 favorite ideas, plus one of my own… AI for Scientific Advancement Group Partner Diana Hu is looking for new ways to apply LLM’s to scientific research. I agree that AI plus bio is going to be the next big…
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Everyone has an opinion on accelerators. But where am I actually investing? This morning, I dug into my portfolio to find out… To be clear, I think these are all fantastic programs. A founder will do great in any of them. A Peek Inside My Portfolio Now, let’s do the…
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YC’s X25 batch is in full swing. 94 companies have launched so far. Here are my 3 favorites… Zeon Systems I only see a company this exciting a couple times a year, if that. Zeon Systems is automating scientific research. You type in the experiment you want to do in…
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“It’s a lot tougher to be an operator. I mean it is. It’s easier to sit in a room like I do and play around with money. It’s just an easier life.” – Warren Buffett Warren is the greatest investor of all time. But there’s one job that’s too hard,…
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Warren Buffett’s $335 billion cash pile might be the biggest in the world. So why hold all this cash instead of investing it? At the latest Berkshire annual meeting, Warren and incoming CEO Greg Abel break it down. How Cash Reserves Keep You Independent Those massive cash reserves partly reflect…
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“Charlie always pointed out that we made most of our money on about eight or nine ideas over fifty years.” Warren Buffett Warren is a patient man. Right now, he’s sitting on a giant pile of cash, just waiting for the right opportunity at the right price. In a world…
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“Trade should not be a weapon.” Warren Buffett Warren Buffett presided over what may be his last annual meeting this Saturday. Seated with his customary Cherry Coke, he dispensed wisdom on everything from tariffs to patience in investing. Buffett on Tariffs Warren is dead set against tariffs and trade wars.…
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I missed a $40 billion opportunity because I ignored a simple truth: everything comes down to the founder. This is my biggest lesson in 4 years angel investing. Missing a $40 Billion Opportunity Two years ago, I had the opportunity to invest in the seed round of Figure, the robotics…
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Tremendous 