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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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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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Kamala Harris has called for a ban on private health insurance. There’s a word for banning private business: communism. Harris has since backpedaled on that statement. But it shows her instincts: anti-capitalist and anti-freedom. From healthcare to taxes to border security, Harris is a creature of the extreme left. Where…
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“What’s the best way to help founders you’ve invested in?” Last fall, I posed this question to one of the top early stage investors. His answer surprised me. “Share their posts on social media,” he said. “That’s it?” I thought. “Anyone can do that!” Yes, anyone can. But hardly anyone…
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They were raising $8 million at a $35 million post-money valuation. Despite a great founder and some blue chip customers, I passed. Here’s why… “3L” is a tool for law firms to recruit new attorneys coming out of law school. ”3L” is a composite, not a real startup, and the…
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“How can I make this pitch better?” A founder asked me that this week. It’s something I almost never hear — and something every founder needs to ask. When you raise a round of funding, you might meet 100 investors. You have two choices: A) Give the same pitch to…
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On September 1st 1939, Hitler attacked Poland. At the time, the US military was only about the size of Holland’s. Some of its weapons dated back to the Civil War. In less than 6 years, America went from having almost no military to winning WWII. This is the story of…
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Remember those story problems in math class where the choices are A, B, C, or D – Not Enough Information? Half the time I read a deck, I find myself choosing D. That means I’m moving on to the next. After all, there’s 20 pitches in my inbox! Here’s how…
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$60 billion a year in global cloud spend. A lot of that is wasted. But my latest investment, North, is changing that. “Plug it in and if you don’t see savings in 5 minutes, fire us.” That’s founder Matt Biringer on a recent podcast. North really is that fast. And…
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