Tag: Money
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Are you getting a lot of no’s from investors? Maybe you’re pitching the wrong people. Here’s how to find the right investors for you…. Different investors specialize in different parts of the market. You need to find the investors that focus on companies like yours. What’s Their Sweet Spot? First,…
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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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You’ve got six months runway left. Finally, a VC offers you a term sheet. But it’s a low ball offer. Should you take it? Browsing Reddit this morning, I came across a founder in this very situation. A Midwest VC offered him a term sheet at a low valuation with…
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Americans have been hit by high inflation and are worried about their jobs. Will they show up at stores on Black Friday? While richer Americans have strong finances, the working class is struggling. We’re seeing it everywhere from food lines to loan defaults. Inside the Other America “I’ve never seen…
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ARR = Best Day x 365. This is NOT how you calculate your Annual Recurring Revenue. Let me show you how to do it like a professional… What to Include Pull all your customer contracts. We are calculating a live ARR number, so only include customers that you are actually…
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Germany’s car industry has lost 51,000 jobs in the last year. VW cut 35,000, ThyssenKrupp 11,000, and Bosch nearly 6,000. What’s causing the collapse in German industry? Crushed By Energy Prices German manufacturers are cutting capacity because building things in Germany has become too expensive. One of the biggest culprits…
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Your pitch deck has one job: to get you an investor meeting. Here are three easy ways to make your deck better… 1. Bigger Text. Make the text huge. I like at least a size 72 font with minimal text per slide. Don’t forget that many of the people who…
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This week, Buffett announced he’s “going quiet.” No more letters in the annual report, no more Q&A at the shareholder meeting. In a poignant message, Buffett reflected on his life and building Berkshire. “I was late in becoming old – its onset materially varies – but once it appears, it…
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“They’re profitable. Why are they raising money?” Here’s why you should consider raising venture capital even if you’re profitable… Strike While the Iron Is Hot Right now markets are about as hot as they get. It’s the perfect time to raise. You may not need money now. Maybe you’ll need…
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Can DeepSeek beat the best American models? When I tested DeepSeek in June, the outputs were garbage. This morning, I gave it a re-test… Like in June, I asked DeepSeek three real questions I need the answer to. Last time, it scored a B-. Let’s see if DeepSeek’s recent updates…
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