Tag: Startups
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We investors usually sit back and wait to see what founders will create. But today, I’m going to tell you the exact startups I want you to make. Your mission, should you choose to accept it: take one of these ideas. Make it a startup. Then come talk to me.…
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What if we had one trillion scientists working 24/7? Sakana AI’s new AI Scientist just might make that happen. The Tokyo research lab released a new AI system that can automate the research process. The AI Scientist can do a literature review, plan and conduct experiments, and write up the…
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Here are the financial situations of a few founders I know: 1) Salary paused indefinitely.2) Searching for side jobs to pay the bills while continuing to run the company.3) Relying on a spouse with a normal job because the startup isn’t making money. We’re talking enormous stress here. But money…
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A dark form looks side to side. It raises one hand, opening and closing its fingers with surprising dexterity. This is the Figure 02. Figure announced the new robot on Twitter just this morning. The Figure 02 really looks like something from science fiction. Its sleek, black form looks almost…
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Yesterday afternoon, I was chatting with a great founder. She was having a really hard time — her two co-founders had just left the company. People rarely talk about co-founder divorce. But it happens, and when it does, it has a profound effect on a company. After a co-founder breakup,…
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We all know a warm intro beats a cold message any day. But how do you get them? I’m going to show you how to get 10X the warm intros you’re getting today. And it’s surprisingly simple. Getting more intros is all about making it easy for the person doing…
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Deep in the bowels of a startup’s data room, there’s a critical document: the cap table. A problem with this document can kill a financing. Let me run you through 4 common cap table problems so you can avoid them. 1) Dev Shop or Venture Studio on the Cap Table.…
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You love the founder and the company is crushing it. Time to write a check, right? Think again. There’s one other little matter that needs to be ironed out before I invest in a startup: finding a lead investor. A lead investor sets the price and terms of the round.…
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When I e-mail my friends in VC during the summer, they often take 1-4 weeks to get back to me. Are you sure you want to raise right now? Every year, venture fundraising hits two troughs: one in the summer, and another between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. And yet, some…
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Investors love to argue whether startups should be in person or remote. Wiz is remote-first and just got a $23 billion acquisition offer. Can we end this debate? The Game of Outliers Time and time again, I hear investors trying to sound all hard core, saying you’ve got to be…
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Tremendous 