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The Early Stage Slump – AVC
When I talk to my friends who do a lot of angel investing, I hear that they are being more selective, licking some wounds, and waiting for liquidit... (2017)
When is a Dollar not a Dollar? · Coding VC
An exploration of how the business value of a dollar varies depending on the context. “From a startup's perspective, there are three common reas... (2017)
From Bezos to Walton, Big Investors Back Fund for ‘Flyover’ Start-Ups - The New York Times
The fund started by an AOL co-founder and an author has attracted a Who’s Who of American business to invest in the heartland’s entrepreneurs. “... (2017)
16 Lessons Learned Bootstrapping Kinsta From $0 to 7-Figures in Revenue
Check out the lessons we learned during our bootstrapping journey, and how we turned our startup into a 7-figure business. Nothing is impossible! ... (2017)
I Slept With 65 VCs and Learned These Things | | Observer
This startup stuff is an emotional roller coaster. “I’ve learned. I say “no” to associates. They—along with most VCs—waste founder time. And it’... (2017)
Initial Coin Offerings Horrify a Former S.E.C. Regulator - The New York Times
Joseph Grundfest, now a law professor, called funding efforts using virtual currency the most “notorious violation of federal securities laws since... (2017)
Video Startup Can’t Outspend YouTube, So It Created a New Currency to Pay Creators - Bloomberg
YouNow is the latest company to build a business model around the cryptocurrency craze. "The tokens are called Props—as in what you’re giving wh... (2017)
The rise of “deep-tech” is boosting Paris’s startup scene - Less misérable
EUROPE will never create a hub of tech firms and investors to rival Silicon Valley, many experts on entrepreneurship concur. Its markets are still ... (2017)
A handy guide to financial support for open source
GitHub lemonade-stand - A handy guide to financial support for open source "I do open source work, how do I find funding?" Below I've lis... (2017)
Inside a fundraising in France: a CEO point of view
You may have heard that PandaScore, our 2 years old start-up, has raised a 2.5M€ seed round led by Alven Capital and other great investors! It’s be... (2017)
Inside the Revolution at Etsy
The New York Times: “The marketplace for makers had created a distinctive work culture. Then Wall Street showed up. “Etsy was certified as a B ... (2017)
Hometown Heroes: Where And Why Venture Capitalists Invest Close To Home | Crunchbase
Crunchbase News, 2017: “Public market investors have the luxury of being able to make, invest, and move their money anywhere they’d like. But the ... (2017)
How to Develop White Paper for ICO: Do’s and Don’ts
Cointelegraph looks into the best practices of developing the White Paper, the document prepared by a party in anticipation of launching a new curr... (2017)
Don’t Tax Options And RSUs Upon Vesting! | AVC, Fred Wilson
AVC, Fred Wilson blog, 2017: “And that would be the end of equity compensation in startups as we know it. If this provision becomes law, startu... (2017)
Investing In ICOs May Be Even Riskier Than You Realize
Bloomberg, 2017: "Investing in the burgeoning world of initial coin offerings may be even riskier than it appears. SEC warned of possible regulat... (2017)
What should be in my fundraising slides? The art of the startup pitch
Medium, Michael Wolfe 2017, Co-founder, Gladly. Advisor at Point Nine Capital. Five startups. Endurance athlete, SF dweller. Quora addict. Fanboy. (2014)
How to Convince Investors | YCombinator. Paul Graham essay
August 2013 When people hurt themselves lifting heavy things, it's usually because they try to lift with their back. The right way to lift heavy... (2017)
Do you need a Powerpoint deck for a VC meeting? | Mark Suster, Entrepreneur/VC
Mark Suster, Both Sides of the Table, 2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to salesforce.com). (2009)
Our Odd Startup: 3½ Guys, No VC, Profitability, and Patience
Indie Hackers, 2017: “Startups are scary. Exciting, sure. But scary nonetheless. Ask any founder who’s been up all night, obsessing over bugs, com... (2017)
Should you Early Exercise? | Hacker Noon
Medium, Avesh Singh 2017: "Advice on the most important decision you’ll make as an early employee. Should you early-exercise your stock options? ... (2017)
Capital-as-a-Service: A New Operating System for Early Stage Investing
At Social Capital, we’re most excited about entrepreneurs that challenge assumptions, that take a non-consensus view of the world, and then… (2017)
Selling My Bootstrapped SaaS Business
Indie Hackers, 2017: "Five years ago I built and launched the first version of a SaaS app on a single flight from San Francisco to Buenos Aires. Sl... (2017)
WHY DO STARTUPS FAIL? BECAUSE HARDWARE IS HARD
Wired Magazine, 2017: "Venture funding for hardware startups hit an eight-year high in 2016, with investors pouring $4.4 billion into 624 startups,... (2017)
Fixing the ‘Brain Damage’ Caused by the I.P.O. Process
New York Times, 2017: Fixing the ‘Brain Damage’ Caused by the I.P.O. Process (2017)
Resource Constraints | Fred Wilson, AVC
from Fred Wilson, AVC, 2017: I believe that excess capital makes companies weak and unfocused. I believe limited capital makes companies strong and... (2017)
HOW AYUSH AGARWAL PICKS STARTUPS
“IF A PITCH DOESN’T MAKE YOU FEEL GREEDY, SOMETHING IS WRONG.” Ayush Agarwal has a long history of nurturing startups — from evaluating new comp... (2017)
Pitching Hacks! (pdf) eBook
How to pitch startups to investors by Venture Hacks "Investors don’t invest in businesses. They invest in stories about businesses. If you want ... (2017)
Six Slides | AVC, Fred Wilson
AVC, Fred Wilson "The CEO of one of our portfolio companies is working on a fundraising deck and asked me for some tips. I gave him my favorite, "k... (2017)
Writing a Business Plan | Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital guide: You can find our guide to pitching below (with a few refinements from years of use). (2017)
Raising Venture Capital | Mark Suster, VC/Entrepreneur
Medium, Mark Suster: 2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to salesforce.com). Turned VC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs — I’m o... (2009)
Sam Altman on how to get funded by Y Combinator @ Startup Grind
Published on Feb 9, 2015 Hear Sam Altman speak about how to get funded by Y Combinator, the danger of some incubators, and other great startup adv... (2017)
How to Raise Money, and How to Succeed Long-Term - CS183F | Stanford
Stanford, Published on Jun 8, 2017, Jess Lee (Partner at Sequoia Capital) and Aaron Harris (Partner at YC) discuss raising money as an early stage ... (2017)
How to Get Your Startup Idea Funded by Venture Capitalists | Google Developers
from Google Developers conference: Google I/O 2011: How to Get Your Startup Idea Funded by Venture Capitalists. Uploaded on May 13, 2011 Don Dod... (2017)
How to Raise Money from Angel Investors | This Week in Startups, Jason Calacanis
Published on Apr 17, 2014 I have a great idea but need money to make it happen. How do I network with angel investors? Where do I make the connect... (2017)
NSF's merit review process determines which research has the greatest potential
NSF receives about 50,000 research proposals every year. The Foundation's mission is to promote the progress of science, but it's able to support o... (2022)
The Black Swan Event: Funding in the time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster
YouTube - Streamed April 22, 2020 The Black Swan Event: Funding in the time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (2020)
How To Cold Email Investors - Michael Seibel
Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel on how to cold email investors. https://twitter.com/mwseibel Y Combinator invests a small amount of mon... (2019)
Kirsty Nathoo - Startup Finance Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - YC Startup School
YC Partner and CFO Kirsty Nathoo shares the most common mistakes startups make with their finances and how they can prevent them. You can find the ... (2019)
Modern Startup Financing - YC Startup School - Carolynn Levy
YC Partner and GC Carolynn Levy details the basics of startup financing and how modern early stage rounds of financing are done using convertible s... (2019)
Nine Business Models and the Metrics Investors Want - YC - Anu Hariharan
YC Continuity Partner Anu Hariharan breaks down the important metrics we look for when we’re evaluating a startup’s business model and common mista... (2019)
"Zombie Startups" by Mathias Pastor
Startupfood Published on Jan 7, 2019 At The Family, we believe that anyone can become a great entrepreneur. DESCRIPTION The end of a year i... (2019)
Customer Pitch vs Investor Pitch - Michael Seibel - Y Combinator
Michael Seibel on pitching customers vs pitching investors. Michael is CEO and a Partner at YC. He was the co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv and Soci... (2019)
How Investors Think About Ideas - Kevin Hale - Y Combinator
Y Combinator Published on Feb 27, 2019 Kevin Hale on how investors think about ideas. Kevin is Visiting Partner at YC. Prior YC Kevin was the ... (2019)
How to Get Meetings with Investors and Raise Money by Aaron Harris - YC Startup School
YC Partner Aaron Harris gives invaluable advice for how to most effectively and strategically meet with investors. (2018)
Understanding SAFEs and Priced Equity Rounds by Kirsty Nathoo - YC Startup School
YC Partner Kirsty Nathoo gives the lowdown on several different ways to capitalize your company and how those impact founder equity and cap tables ... (2018)
Fundraising Fundamentals By Geoff Ralston - YC Startup School
YC Partner Geoff Ralston gives an introduction to the key concepts to keep in mind once you enter a fundraising process. Learn more at https://www.... (2018)
A Conversation with Aileen Lee - Moderated by Geoff Ralston
YC Partner Geoff Ralston talks to Cowboy Ventures Founder Aileen Lee. Transcript and additional content can be found here: See Min 26 - for VC ... (2018)
A Conversation with Andy Bromberg - Moderated by Geoff Ralston || YCombinator
YC Partner Geoff Ralston talks to CoinList Co-Founder and President Andy Bromberg. Transcript and additional content are here: https://www.startups... (2018)
Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder CEO Social Capital, on Money as Instrument of Change | Stanford
Stanford Graduate School of Business Published on Nov 13, 2017 During his View From The Top talk, Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of Soci... (2018)
a16z Podcast: Direct Listings, Myths and Facts - Andreessen Horowitz
Another route to the public markets is the direct listing, recently reinvented for tech companies (with Spotify and Slack so far). This episode of ... (2019)
How to Raise a Seed Round - Justin Kan - Atrium - VoxSnap
Seed rounds and Series A are both part of the path for a startup’s success. However, even though these two types of fundraising are different, I se... (2019)
What’s next for WeWork, an episode from Financial Times on Spotify - Jan 2019
SoftBank changed course when it scaled back plans for an investment in WeWork from $16bn to $2bn. The FT’s Eric Platt spoke with US business editor... (2019)
Ryan Hoover on Product Hunt’s Acquisition and Lessons Learned – Y Combinator
Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt which was in the Summer 2014 YC batch and was acquired by AngelList. Dalton Caldwell is a Partner at YC ... (2019)
The Risks And Rewards Of Being A Blitzscaling Founder & CEO
The lessons of blitzscaling to achieve market dominance are counterintuitive. The strategy requires a shift from the traditional thinking of growth... (2018)
VCs Are Wrong About Bootstrapped Founders, How Content Can Be Used As A Key Customer Acquisition Tool
Jesse Genet is Founder & CEO @ Lumi, the startup that has raised close to $10m from Homebrew, Forerunner, Spark Capital, Lowercase and more. (2018)
Caribu: Can Storytime Become Big Business? (#34) by from Gimlet Media
Max Tuchman is on a roll with Caribu, an app that lets parents and kids read together virtually. But can she convince investors that early success ... (2018)
a16z Podcast: Market Shifts – Andreessen Horowitz
NASDAQ CEO Adena Friedman runs one of the world’s largest financial services companies, including the NASDAQ stock exchange that’s home to more tha... (2017)
Ledgy - cap table management
Ledgy makes your equity plans scalable, compliant in all countries, integrates with your existing systems and comes with enterprise-ready security ... (2021)
Republic — Invest in Startups
On Republic, anyone can invest in startups. Become an investor in cutting-edge private companies with as little as $10 ✅ (2021)
Buy Me A Coffee | Where creators make money doing what they love
Buy Me A Coffee is the best way for creators and artists to accept one-off support and membership from their fans. (2020)
Case - Raise impact investing capital. Better.
The first online toolkit for raising impact investing capital.. (2019)
StartEngine: Equity Crowdfunding & Investment Opportunities
StartEngine is One of The Nation's Leading Equity Crowdfunding Platforms. StartEngine Allows Everyday People The Opportunity to Invest Online a... (2018)
Social Impact Movement – Social Impact Movement
Social Impact Movement improves people & social causes connection by curating, educating, and providing easy access to social-related engagement op... (2018)
All Raise - Dedicated to diversity in funders & founders
We believe people of all different backgrounds should have the opportunity to participate, shape, and succeed in the founding, funding, and buildin... (2018)
NSF SBIR - Seed funding -- We invest up to $1.5 million in seed funding We take 0% equity
Seed capital for early stage product development We offer funding for early stage R&D and take no equity in your company — you retain full contr... (2018)