Tag: Silicon Valley
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Pitching investors can be nerve-wracking. But what if you flip the script and scare the sh-t out of them? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Last week, I sat down to coffee with an aspiring entrepreneur. As we brainstormed together, he came up with a great concept for a startup.…
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AI is the biggest opportunity in 20 years. It could also kill countless VC funds. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I took a sip of some yummy espresso last Thursday and plopped down at the laptop. Time to dig into a deal memo from a VC I really respect.…
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VC’s ask “How can I be helpful?” so often it’s become a cliche. But as SVB collapsed, some investors did everything to save their companies as others stood pat. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report out today in Forbes: Over that frantic weekend, venture capital firms scrambled…
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This is not investment advice. So, where should we put our money? The collapse of SVB has every startup looking for answers. The key for the future is diversification. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Here are some ways to mitigate risk: The 50/50 Split The natural next move is…
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+ Entepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, SIlicon, Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Bank, Small Business, Startups, Stocks, SVB, SVIB, Tech+
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Raising money just got harder. Global venture capital funding fell 65% in February from a year prior, according to a new report from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! As an investor, I see the funding freeze every day. Many startups I meet are completely out…
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What’s scarier than a clown? A pre-revenue startup with a $5 billion valuation. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! That was autonomous trucking startup Embark Trucks, which now faces liquidation. From Crunchbase News: Autonomous trucking startup Embark Trucks capped off one of the faster riches-to-rags stories of the SPAC era, announcing that…
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For decades, if you wanted to build a startup, you had to be in Silicon Valley. But today, the best place might just be Tennessee. Or Omaha. Or Little Rock. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! In today’s market, building away from the coasts offers some huge advantages: 1) Lower…
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What does everyone get wrong about angel investing? What’s the future of Twitter? I dug into that and more recently at Starta VC! Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! A bunch of smart young interns at Starta peppered me with questions for an hour. Their knowledge and depth of thinking…
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When a startup is struggling, what’s the duty of investors? This question is front and center as Sequoia has walked away from controversial startup Citizen, cutting it off from funding and resigning from the board. From a report out this weekend in the Financial Times: Sequoia Capital has resigned from…
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I recently met with a startup that’s dead broke. They’re convinced that if only they could raise another round, everything will work. It won’t. Here’s why… Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Some startups are negative gross margin businesses. Think of this as the old cliche, “We lose money on…
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