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…
Category: Startups
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…
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
Many entrepreneurs who raised capital complain about their Board meetings: they are too long, require too much preparation work and don’t achieve much. Here are…
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…
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…
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…
Open Classrooms: From A Non-For-Profit Association To The Largest Fundraising In EdTech
Two decades ago, in 1999, a 13-year old computer-science enthusiast rued at the lack of online courses to learn programming languages. He decided to create…
