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Michael Seibel on his next ten years at YC

Y Combinator

When I joined YC in 2014, I thought I was transitioning from the management role I had as a startup founder to a job where most of my time would be spent doing office hours with YC founders.

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Raising Funds? Avoid These 7 Costly Investor Relations Mistakes

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Evaluate investors thoroughly, not just based on the size of their check, but whether they can provide strategic advice and introductions that support your vision. Founders are so anxious to avoid the pain of missing payroll or running out of cash in the near term that they make hasty decisions on investors that cost them later.

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Romanian marketing expert Robert Katai explains how to get the most out of your content

TechCrunch

There’s a lot of advice out there on how to grab people’s attention, but there’s one aspect of marketing that Robert Katai thinks isn’t talked about as often: maintaining their attention. And is his advice applicable beyond borders? Now, what other advice do you have for startups?

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How much tax will you owe when you sell your company?

TechCrunch

With a Section 1045 rollover, founders can salvage QSBS before 5 years. Advanced tax strategies for startup founders. When a founder sells their company, its valuation gets a lot of attention. Of course, remember that this is not tax advice. He is a managing director of Keystone Global Partners.

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Founder Rewind

Entrepreneur's Handbook

What advice would you give your past self? It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real traction. And rather than giving him just my answer — which might have been unique to my experience, not applicable to his — I decided to do something different and write this article. And I do remember them.

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Startup Investment 101: Investment Rounds Explained

Onevest

Something that we state to our members at 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors, is that If you are a new investor in the startup marketplace, then you will need to quickly familiarize yourself with each round. This is why series A investment is often sought by startup founders.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Ahrefs’ homepage, digital health trends, 2022 marketing predictions

TechCrunch

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3 Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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