Dreaming, Imagining, and Visioning
On an average, I listen to 60 pitches a month, and the pattern is consistent: many founders have no idea where they...
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The New Startup Valley of Death – Scaling!
We used to fear two ‘Valleys of Death’: the first, the pre-seed struggle for proof of concept; the second, the Series A-B...
The Angels Brief – Episode No.11
Ever wonder what really goes on inside an investor’s head? Welcome to Inside the Investment Mind, where we pull back the curtain...
A $2.9 trillion bet!(?)
The AI race is pushing big tech to new levels of leverage. The AI revolution is being sold as a tech story,...
Nothing SAFE about a SAFE note!
I get asked about the difference between a SAFE (similar agreement for future equity) and a convertible note at least three or...
Raising capital is not your main job!
I’ve been itching to write this for a while. I see it all the time: founders wandering the ecosystem like lost souls,...
The Pitch Deck is not Dead! – It is Evolving!
Many recently claim that the pitch deck has become obsolete, dead. I strongly disagree with that notion; rather than disappearing, it is...
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