Which Business Models Do VCs Invest In During Economic Crises?
We’ve all heard that Airbnb, Groupon, and Uber became successes in the wake of the Great Crisis of 2008. Which startups are favored by VCs…
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What Is The Best Path To Get A VC Job?
Do VCs with an entrepreneurial or operational background perform better than those with a financial one? We did the analysis for the top 100 VCs world…
Managing Cash: 9 Steps From The Best VCs To Avoid Bankruptcy
With an economic crisis around the corner, we gathered the most relevant advice from experienced VCs on how to manage these trouble times best. The re…
When Exits Go Wrong: The Trados Case Study
What happened to Trados will occur again in the near future, as startups that raised vast sums of money fail to deliver on their initial plan and thei…
How To Leverage LinkedIn To Get Meetings With Investors (Without InMail)
With close to 600 million users worldwide, of which half are active monthly, LinkedIn has become the platform of choice to generate business leads. Chances…
The Hard Truth About Network Effects
We continue our series on critical but widely misunderstood concepts in venture capital (if you missed the post on product/market fit, it’s here). Most entrepreneurs…
How Elite VC Firms Manage Portfolio Companies – The Dropbox Case Study
Dropbox became the financial markets’ darling when it went public in March 2018, completing its initial public offering (or IPO) at a staggering $9.2 billion…
What You Should Be Reading If You Want A Job, Or Money, From VCs
Our social media followers and live stream viewers regularly ask us for guidance on which books to read to make sense of venture capital –…
Why You Won’t Raise Money If You Don’t Get Product/Market Fit Right
One of the most common complaint startup Founders utter is that VCs don't invest until there is enough "traction". On the other side of the table, man…
“How To Fix Your Shitty VC Pitch”: Learn From The Best In The Biz
Web Summit 2019 is starting this Monday, November 4th. It’s going to be one of the major tech conferences in the world, again, this year.…
Why Are Immigrant Founders In The US So Successful?
In recent years, the narrative of successful immigrant founders in the US has considerably evolved. Ahead of the release of our mini-movie on Immigrant Founders…
6 Ways To Make Your Board Meetings More Effective
One of the many strings attached to a capital raise is a formal Board meeting with some of the investors who participated in the funding…
Why You Should Raise Money Now – While You Can
We live in an era with abundant liquidity in the markets, especially in the maturing venture capital asset class. The phrase that best captures this…
10 Soft-Skills Tips To Pitch Business Angels and Venture Capitalists
Startup Founders make many rookie mistakes when they pitch investors. Investors receive hundreds of deal opportunities every year and need to quickly …
You’ve Lost Control Of Your Startup Even If You Still Own 51% – Here’s Why
Most entrepreneurs’ primary focus during fundraising events is on their dilution. They believe they keep control of their destiny as long as they – solely…
Why Even The Best VCs Lose Money – But Are Ok With It
Most people with an interest in Venture Capital know that the returns in the asset class are extremely skewed: a small minority of VC funds…
How Much Money Should You Raise To Grow Your Startup?
Our answer: don’t ask for too little money but don’t raise too much either. This is a much-debated question among founders, as well as with…
What Is (Really) Disruption?
At the core of an often misunderstood concept lies the answer to a daunting question: why do great companies fail? Fathered by Harvard…
What Are TAM, SAM, SOM And Why Do They Matter?
If you have been fundraising lately, chances are you heard about these acronyms from Angel Investors or Venture Capitalists. It’s one of the most fundamental…