Tag: Silicon Valley
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Venture funding in the third quarter slowed to a crawl, according to a new report out this morning from Pitchbook: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Estimated deal count in Q3 (4,074) is off by almost 20% from the quarterly record high recorded in Q1 (5,049) and is the lowest…
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You’re busting your butt to raise venture capital. But what if you’re raising red flags with investors without even knowing it? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! I see several thousand startup pitches every year. Sometimes the founder has a great idea and an awesome story. But one little detail…
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You’ve sent out hundreds of cold e-mails. Now you’re finally meeting with that big shot VC. How can you make sure you don’t blow it? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Many founders I meet with make the same mistakes over and over during meetings. Here are a few of…
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It’s a huge moment in a startup’s life: you shake hands with VC’s and seven figures hit your bank account. But when are you ready to raise a seed round? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! One of the biggest mistakes I see founders making is trying to raise money…
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Happy Monday everyone! I wanted to share an interview I did recently on startups and fundraising with the Finance Videos Network. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! We cover a lot of great topics, like leadership, finding investors, and red flags founders should look out for. Here are some interesting…
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Many entrepreneurs can tell an amazing story. But what about the hard numbers you need to back it up? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Here are the type of figures that get me salivating: 1) Revenue growth. I like to see startups signing up customers at a rapid clip.…
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Startup founders sometimes tell me about mysterious “services” they’re thinking of paying for. That’s when I get out my megaphone and shout into their ear “Never pay for that!” Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Entrepreneurs are hopeful people. They have to be. But some scammers take advantage of that…
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PayPal processes over $1 trillion in payments every year. But its product began as an afterthought. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The PayPal founders’ originally wanted to beam money between PalmPilots. After all, everyone they knew had a PalmPilot! E-mailing money would be a backup in case you left…
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It’s every founder and investor’s dream: ringing the bell at the NASDAQ on the day you go public. But in 2022, that dream has been elusive as tech IPOs have vanished. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report out this weekend in the Financial Times: The stock market…
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“We love recessions. Best time to invest in our experience.” That’s Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital and perhaps the greatest VC of all time. Today, I dug into a fascinating talk he gave in 2010 at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB). Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe!…
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Tremendous 