Venture Capital
A crisis puts pressure on both slowing down and accelerating startup acquisitions. Slows down because many acquirers, especially corporates, become more...
A pandemic exposes the flaws in our society, healthcare very much included. While meaningful improvements require all 5 Ps — Payors,...
Measuring and monitoring water, gas, electricity through off the shelf sensors and analyzing the data to detect flaws and improve efficiency. ...
Power as an individual trait Power is authority lent to an individual or earned by someone to carry out a task....
This is Part II of a series, Part I was Crisis? 3 Ways VCs Adapt. There is a global crisis going...
Sharpe ratio is a way of quantifying returns based on risk, specifically it is the average return earned in excess of...
There is a global crisis going on as I write this article. It’s not the first, it won’t be the last....
So you are not in a top startup ecosystem like San Francisco, NYC, London, Beijing, Tel Aviv or Bangalore? Many investors...
Party rounds, or mass syndication, is when a startup raises from multiple investors, none of which individually has a large enough...
Deciding on the right valuation is both an art and a science (and some would say black magic). Common sense dictates...
Saw an opportunity, decided to build a company around it, but don’t have much experience in the space? It’s the story...
What do I need to show in order to raise my next round? All entrepreneurs face that question at some point...
In Part 1, we introduce FTX’s MOVE Contract with profit and loss visualisation, and how to use the MOVE Contract. Derivatives...
Technology startups since the past decade are staying private for much longer. During the dot-com boom (and bust) of the 2000s,...
Many previous articles have talked about how to connect with investors, including how VCs can suck but you can minimize...
Hit the magical $1M ARR a year after your A but not so sure if you should be raising a B?...
Ideas are only as good as their pitches, and pros are the masters of pitch selection to improve business proposals. Three...
Remember the widely circulated series of memes “What people think I do” a few years back? Well, one of the VC...
Value = Valuation. Valuation -> Profits. Profits!= Profiteering. Are you a startup wondering about this sequence? Then you may want to...
Tranched rounds is the idea that an investor will commit to a total financing and give out portions as the entrepreneur...
In the US there are more food outlets than ever before, which is to be expected given increased prosperity and population...
Following up from the last article “VCs Suck? Here Are 5 Practical Ways For Entrepreneurs To Minimize The Pain,” this post...
I hear on an almost daily basis a startup complaining about VCs, mostly about lack of response or lack of clarity....
Hindsight is 20/20 — once a company has succeeded its success almost seems pre-ordained. But when it is just starting that...
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