Don’t Overdose on VC: Lessons from 166 startup IPOs
Does raising a large amount of capital make a startup more likely to succeed? Is capital a weapon? Do startup founders need to “go big or go home?”
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Two Years of Startup Exits
An unrepresentative, statistically insignificant, but still interesting peek at the current M&A market
The 12 Questions All Founders Should Ask VCs
Entrepreneurs are often so fixated on “getting to yes” with a VC — and will go to great lengths to answer any question posed to do so — that they forget to ask the VC any questions.
Why do VCs Really Want to See Your Financial Model?
I recently tweeted about the importance of financial models in evaluating seed-stage pitches
How to Break Bad News to Investors
There’s no good way to tell your board that you’ve blown a quarter, or your superstar head of data science is jumping ship to Google. Still, breaking bad news is a key skill for founders and delivering it well is often what keeps a company alive.
Diligence 101 for Seed Stage Startups
For some entrepreneurs, raising capital is effortless. When you see a company raise tens of millions of dollars, series after series, especially if they have few other milestones to promote, you know you’re in the presence of a world class presenter. Fundraising is a startup super power, just like consumer product instincts and B2B sales acumen. Some founders are just “natural athletes” who possess a knack for storytelling paired and charisma, typically topped off with some credibility in a prior venture.