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Part 1: Fundraising Without YC - The Preparation
Fundraising without a community like YC can be not only difficult but incredibly lonely. It doesn't have to be that way. Here are some tips on having a…
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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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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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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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3 Things I Wish I Knew About VCs as a Founder
In Life and Startups. Learning how VCs make money is one of the best ways to see why they look for certain characteristics. This article is to help…
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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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Confessions
In Life and Startups. I have a confession to make that I wouldn't normally declare here, but the silence has become deafening for me.
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Creating the Most Value: Thinking Beyond Product
A Primer on the Distribution-Product-Platform Value Chain. It's one thing to build product, it's another thing to have people want it. A couple things…
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Who *really* is a Web3 expert?
I haven’t written much about my gaming background.
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How to Build Startup Momentum
In Life and Startups. Growth is not the same as velocity or momentum but both growth is necessary for momentum.
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Through the Web3 Looking Glass
My double life for the last few months
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5 Traits of Quality Revenue
Not all revenue is created equal. Your company is only as valuable as the quality revenue it makes. Find out how.
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