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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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Startup advice encourages founders to talk to users, but often doesn't tell you what to say or how to listen to discover the specific problem a founder…
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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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Founders fundraising should prepare for the strongest cap table as quickly as possible. 
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In Life and Startups. Growth is not the same as velocity or momentum but both growth is necessary for momentum.
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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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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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In Life and Startups
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Sometimes it's hard to be different in the right kind of way. Steve Jobs encouraged us to Think Different, but what if you think different because you…
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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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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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This decision framework got us 30 million users. Life is a series of choices; startups are a series of decisions. Find out 5 shortcuts to help you make…
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