Tag: Silicon Valley
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It didn’t take long for Adam Neumann to find controversy. Before starting his new residential real estate startup Flow, Neumann made a big investment in a company that’s suspiciously similar. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From an excellent report out yesterday in Forbes: When staff at real estate startup…
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In 2007, venture capitalist John Doerr met an intriguing young entrepreneur. His name was Elon Musk. Musk pitched Doerr on investing in his new car company, Tesla. Doerr passed. The mistake cost him billions. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The legendary investor opened up on this major regret in…
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How do angels and VC’s choose companies to invest in? Why do some founders struggle in fundraising? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I dug into all that and more recently with Travis King, co-founder of Launch Point Labs. Some interesting points: 2:42: How I choose companies to invest in…
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He’s baaaack! Adam Neumann, the controversial WeWork founder, has a new startup called Flow. This time, Neumann plans to transform the home rather than the workplace. Details are scant, but Flow appears to be a sort of WeWork for apartments. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Today, venture firm Andreessen…
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It may be tough times in startupland, but one area is bucking the trend: seed stage. Median pre-money valuations are up 33% year over year, according to a report released yesterday by Pitchbook: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Seed is my playground. And seed investors are wise to continue…
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I had wandered into a foreign land. The people spoke a strange tongue…CAC, LTV, SMB. How could I join their tribe and learn their ways? I consulted the oracle: Google. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The world of startups has a language all its own. When I started angel…
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You have an amazing idea. But can you make it a reality? That’s the question facing a lot of non-technical startup founders. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I often meet with entrepreneurs with amazing ideas. They want to raise capital to build their product. But this isn’t how venture…
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Some day, I want to look up at a big billboard in Times Square and say, “I knew that company when it was three people. And I saw what it could be.” But how do I get there? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I’ve been investing in early stage…
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I think I just saw the future of work. And it is good. In an amazing new video from The Wall Street Journal, reporter Adam Falk tours LinkedIn’s completely redesigned headquarters. He finds every sort of office space a human could want…plus free lattes. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe!…
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You did it! You closed a big funding round! Time to pop the champagne! But you still have one little problem: what are these pesky investor updates? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! If there’s one thing that really confuses founders I meet, it’s investor updates. Many big investors require…
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Tremendous 