Understanding How Venture Capitalists Make Decisions

Why Startups Die #6: Run out of cash after raising capital There’s a lot to understand about how Venture Capital…

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Sources of Capital for your Startup

Every business needs capital, to operate, to grow or to take advantage of new opportunities and ideas. As a fellow…

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Bad Pitches to Investors

Listening in on some VCs who were answering questions from interested entrepreneurs, one question was “what’s the worst pitch you’ve…

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50 Ways to Mess Up Your Startup – Part 7 (#47-#50 )

Welcome back to Part 7 of “50 Ways to Mess Up Your Startup” to help you avoid them!  This post…

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50 Ways to Mess Up Your Startup – Part 6 (#42-#46 )

Welcome back to Part 6 of “50 Ways to Mess Up Your Startup” so you can avoid them!  This post…

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How to get preferred stock in your own startup

Last week, I wrote that entrepreneurs should assume that 90% of VC-backed startups are a total loss for the entrepreneur.…

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