Tag: Venture Capital
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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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Masayoshi Son’s Softbank Group may launch a third, massive venture fund. From a report that broke this morning in The Wall Street Journal: Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The first two Vision funds, massive at $99 billion and $56 billion respectively, have not performed well. The first is up…
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Drones are starting to deliver packages in some parts of America. But can drone deliveries be a viable business? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Bloomberg is skeptical. From an editorial out this morning: The biggest hurdle is that drones will be making point-to-point deliveries, which is the quickest but…
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I see a lot of awesome startup ideas every day, from plant-based salami to rocket fuels. These entrepreneurs know how to build great businesses, but often have no idea how to communicate with investors. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Some founders give me tons of details — but none…
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Tremendous 