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The VC Stack Makeover: What Today's Funds Need - Webinar

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Seraf Toolbox: Portfolio Snapshot Checklist

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From Startup Founder to Investor: Lessons in Patience, Diversification, and Growth

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The shift from building a company to becoming an investor is an experience I’ve realized can’t all be learned from a playbook. It’s a massive shift I didn’t fully appreciate until I experienced it firsthand. As a founder, I was used to a fast-paced, high-reward environment. But as I moved into investing, I quickly realized that this new world required a different mindset.

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Angel Investing by the Numbers: Valuation, Capitalization and Startup Economics

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In the sport of Major League Baseball, the greatest hitters are those who get a hit just one out of every three times at bat and a home run 5 or 6 times out of 100 at bats. In the world of startup company investing, the best-known investors are those who invest in the tiny percentage of companies that make it big. Think Facebook, Google or Amazon.Should a typical angel investor apply the swing for the fences approach to their personal investing?

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Seraf Toolbox: Follow-on Investment Scorecard

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When a portfolio company raises a new round, the decision to reinvest isn’t always straightforward. Emotions, relationships, and momentum can cloud even the most experienced investor’s judgment. That’s why we created the Follow-on Investment Scorecard—a structured, easy-to-use template that helps you bring clarity and consistency to your reinvestment decisions.

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Ready Fire Aim: Is Entrepreneurship Really All About Big Risky Leaps of Faith?

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Are you walking around looking for swashbuckling daredevils as investment targets? Do you assume that the process of innovation is a series of great leaps and brilliant insights? You might be making a mistake. Entrepreneurship is arguably much more incremental, and much less risk-centric than that.

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Fund Investor Profile Series: Matthew Johnson, Managing Partner, Johnson Venture Partners

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This profile is the ninth in a series of interviews highlighting the work of interesting fund investors. Matt Johnson is the founder and Managing Partner of Johnson Venture Partners, a micro venture capital fund investing in seed and early-stage startups. Matt has invested in over 40 venture-backed companies throughout 15 years of early-stage investing experience.