Tag: Silicon Valley
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China is crushing the US on open weights models. But Mira Murati, former OpenAI CTO, is striking back. Today, I put her new Inkling model through 3 real world tests. Inkling does a solid job on coding and web scraping. But compared to the leading models, its results are less…
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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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“Who is Francis, and why is he in my DM’s?” I’m not waiting around for the next unicorn to fall in my lap. So you might be getting a message from me soon… Investing in one of the Top Engineers at SpaceX Last fall, I saw something wild: a former…
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I have something special for you guys today: a guest post by one of my favorite founders! This is the story of how Jesse Bray went from being an animator to the CTO of an AI startup, Hoplon. Hoplon helps construction companies automate timecards and track their workforce using geofencing.…
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You haven’t signed a customer yet. Is your startup on the right track…or heading off a cliff? Here are 5 signs you’re building a startup the right way, even if you haven’t made a dime yet. 1. You’re Building Product. This is the most important factor. You don’t need a…
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Public SaaS companies are trading at 3.2x revenues — the lowest in 14 years. Is SaaS finished? Some SaaS companies are slowly dying. But others are growing faster than they have in years. The difference: product velocity. The Good Bucket and the Bad Bucket I put SaaS companies into 2…
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A founder on Reddit just closed his $1 million pre-seed. Jealous? Don’t be. He’s waking up at 3:00am, panicking… Before he raised money, this was a fun project. Now, people are counting on him and there’s serious money at stake. He’s not alone. One of the most successful founders I’ve…
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Here’s how my latest deal came together: 431 companies, 74 meetings, 1 check. Raising money is brutally competitive. Here’s how to win… A Look Inside My Deal Funnel I wired for a new investment on June 29th. To find it, I looked at over 400 companies and did 74 Zoom…
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“Get back to us when you have more traction.” Bet you’ve heard that before! But what the heck is “traction,” anyway? Traction is evidence your company is succeeding. Traction comes in many forms. Some types of evidence are more persuasive than others. Here are 6 common types of traction, from…
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I want to meet as many awesome founders as I can. So I’m automating the busywork. Here are the automations I’ve got running my investment business… Summarizing Decks I built a great little tool in Grok Projects to summarize decks in the exact format I like: Instead of paging through…
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+ AI, Angel Investing, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Entrepreneur, Finance, Grok, Investing, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology, VC, Venture Capital, Writing+
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