Understanding the motivations and operations of VC funds is critical to getting funded What is “venture capital”? Seems like a basic ...

Raising $1M on a $10M valuation, growing revenues to $100M and exiting for $1B. That’s the plan. The rest are details of how. As a startup ...

The 3 Different Types of Startup Investor and the 3 Different Ways to Reach Them As these things frequently happen, a fight broke out on ...

It’s not because it’s AI-generated. It’s because it misses the whole point of a pitch deck. It was pitch day yesterday for two of my ...

Why would an industry giant acquire your startup and how much will they pay? My previous article summarized the exit — when investors, ...

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Hint: It doesn’t mean we’re ready to invest as soon you find that lead You pitch to an investor — an individual, an angel group, or a VC fund — ...

Why the exit is the only thing that matters to investors and how to prepare for it from the start At a recent gathering of startup founders, I ...

Unlike equity investments, debt has to be repaid on a fixed schedule For startup founders, the offer is tempting for — take a $1M loan now to ...

Running out of cash is a result, not a cause, of most startup failures Yet another startup that I invested in closed its doors last week, ...