Tag: Venture Capital
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A few months back, a very nice young lady contacted me. She had an idea for a software product and wanted me to hear it. I had to think of a very polite way of explaining that… Venture Capitalists Don’t Invest in Ideas. Many people think that angels and VC’s…
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The good times are over. And they didn’t even last that long. The NASDAQ quickly bounced back from an over 30% fall in early 2020 as COVID raged. The tech stock index reached all-time highs last November, only to plummet a further 29% since. Now, the tech stock rout is…
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Things seem to be going from bad to worse at hedge fund giant Tiger Global. Its losses for 2022 are up to $17 billion, according to a new Financial Times report: Tiger Global has been hit by losses of about $17bn during this year’s technology stock sell-off, marking one of the biggest…
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Hi everyone, hope you had an awesome weekend! Today, I want to talk to you about some of the smartest people I know. As an angel investor, I meet with a lot of startup founders. As I took a walk on the Hudson today, it occurred to me that the…
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“Only the government can print money; the rest of us have to take it from somebody else.” Frank Slootman Frank Slootman has been the CEO of three companies: Data Domain, acquired for $2.4 billion, ServiceNow, market cap $94 billion, and now Snowflake, market cap $52 billion. His track record has…
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Massive hedge fund Tiger Global Management is down nearly 50% so far this year, according to a new report from the Financial Times: Tiger Global’s flagship hedge fund was dealt a fresh blow in April and is down more than 40 per cent this year, in the latest sign of…
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There’s tons of advice out there on how to pitch investors. But what about what comes next? After any pitch, investors are likely to ask numerous questions. How do you answer them in the most effective way? Here are some tips: Pacing One of the biggest mistakes I see founders…
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Last Thursday, I was preparing to judge a startup pitch competition. I thought to myself, “How can I make sure every startup hits the key points?” Then, it came to me: a checklist! Every time you pitch investors, you need to give them certain key pieces of information. Without those…
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For startups, customer acquisition ain’t what it used to be. Apple effectively ended ad targeting last year. Google plans to do something similar in 2023. Without targeting, you could be advertising a US woman’s underwear brand to men in Germany. Those precious marketing dollars go…poof. But some startups have found…
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Everyone running a startup knows about the deck. There are countless tutorials about how to write this PowerPoint presentation that forms a key part of a startup’s pitch. Shoot, I’ve even written one. But what about the deck’s mysterious cousin: the deal memo? Founders generally send potential investors a deal…
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Tremendous 