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Through the Web3 Looking Glass
My double life for the last few months
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A Whole New World
Short Explainer of Web3
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The Most Destructive Advice for Female Founders
Female founders get a lot of advice, most is well meaning but can go wrong because the advice is not made for them. Top five most destructive advice for…
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How to Take Advice that Won’t Torpedo Your Startup
Advice is cheap to give, but expensive to take.
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Why Your Cap Table is a Crap Table: 10 Reasons You Didn’t Get the Best Investors
Founders fundraising should prepare for the strongest cap table as quickly as possible.
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How to Talk to Investors
In Startups. Founders see the entire iceberg that is their company, while investors only see the tip of the iceberg and try to infer what is underneath…
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Part 2: Fundraising Without YC - The Process
The second part to Fundraising Without YC - The Preparation. Now that you have set the cap, asked for intros, and created your pitch deck, you are ready…
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Founder Musings
This newsletter is for founders, especially those who are not the CEO or operators. On building, scaling and exiting a VC backed company, and all the issues that come with it.
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