Tag: Silicon Valley
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“Kid, haven’t you heard of Friendster? Move on. It’s over!” VC Jeremy Levine passing on Facebook, 2004 (speaking to Eduardo Saverin). Ouch. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Bessemer Venture Partners passed on Apple, Google, Facebook and countless other highly successful companies. In what they’re calling an “anti-portfolio,” the venerable…
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Every time I get the monthly update, I’m confused. Did I really invest in this company? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! There’s a disease that will kill a startup faster than anything else. It’s called Entrepreneurial ADD. This deadly condition involves a founder who gets distracted too easily. Rather…
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It was a rough 2022 in tech — layoffs, shutdowns, and stocks falling off a cliff. But 2023 promises to be a golden age for startup investors. Here’s why I’m more excited than ever to invest in 2023… Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Valuations In 2021, you could raise…
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Founders should launch an MVP as soon as possible and iterate their way to success…right? Wrong, according to billionaire Peter Thiel. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The controversial venture capitalist and co-founder of PayPal lays out a very different view in his book Zero to One. As I headed…
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Every morning, I have dozens of new LinkedIn messages from founders. I seldom have time to reply. But what if there were a better way for founders and investors to meet? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Enter my latest investment, Seedscout. Seedscout is an awesome new platform for founders…
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Last year, most of my investments were consumer startups. But in 2022, I’ve done a 180. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Of the 11 investments I’ve made so far this year, all but 2 are selling software to businesses. So why the about face? Over the last year, I’ve…
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Last week, I had a chance to do one of my favorite things: chat with awesome entrepreneurs! Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The venue was Starta VC, an early-stage venture firm based in New York City. Their accelerator brings great entrepreneurs from abroad to the US for an intensive…
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We usually think of bridge rounds as throwing good money after bad. But new data shows that some bridge rounds can be an amazing bet. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Bridge rounds with a top tier VC are some of the best performing investments in venture capital. They have…
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Being an angel investor is never boring. I see everything from spacecraft to nude resorts. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! But I can’t invest in everything! I focus on the areas I know best. And I want to back companies building the type of world I want to live…
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Venture capitalists and angels are running scared. Venture funding is down 53% from last year. But let me tell you why now is the best time to invest. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! 1) Lower valuations. Companies only get so big. There are fewer than 50 private tech companies…
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