Why No Is the Next Best Thing After Yes
For some reason, folks in tech, particularly investors, have trouble saying NO. Typically, the fear manifests itself in not even ...
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7 Startup Scenarios That May be Judged Non-Fundable
If you are not willing to take some risk as an entrepreneur, then do not expect any gain. Yet, everyone ...
6 Value Priorities That Attract All Serious Investors
Young entrepreneurs often are so excited by new technology or their latest invention that they forget to translate it into ...
Smart Entrepreneurs Build Startups Without Investors
In my experience as an advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I often encounter the myth that an initial startup requires investors. ...
What Venture Capital Really Means
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSJ-oXv9-SI Are you an entrepreneur? An investor? Or are you interested in creating your own business? If you have answered ...
Why You Should Never Sleep with a VC on the First Date
You’ve heard the age-old adage, “Taking money from a VC is like getting married.” It’s true. The average company exit—whether ...
The Why in the Investor Intro Ask
We have written a lot here about fundraising and investor introductions. “One of the key things to successful fundraise is ...
How to Reach Anyone
I get a lot of requests to meet. Everyday my inbox is filled with pitches and intros and requests to ...
You Don’t Understand How Startup Investing Works
Yeah, I said it. Reading all of the media and press about startups, their capital raises and sky-high valuations, just ...
The Myth of “SaaS”
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has taken the technology world by storm. Nowadays, all new software companies are SaaS, which simply means they ...