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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

This is going to be BIG.

The startup ecosystem is a terrific manufacturer of bad fundraising advice. I’m going to call this the risk/wealth effect and it definitely nudges the numbers towards the funding of wealthier white men. We shouldn’t be taking the advice of the people that are on this kind of track and weaving it into our own fundraising strategy.

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What is the Definition of a Seed Round or an A Round?

Both Sides of the Table

Marc Andreessen kicked off another great debate on Twitter last night , one that I’ve been talking about incessantly in private circles for the past 2-3 years – what actually IS the definition of a seed vs. A-round. Whom you take advice from really matters. My personal definition? Nobody cares. So back to reality.

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Some Advice Before You Hit the Fund Raising Trail

Both Sides of the Table

It definitely has a “d” in it, as in it’s really not fun, raising. the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll get 8. Fund raising. But it’s critical for your business, for you as a leader and people who excel at fund raising have an extreme advantage over those who do not. Just send me your dog damn deck 7.

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Get one-on-one career advice from YC, starting with Anu Hariharan (Managing Director)

Y Combinator

YC has run events to educate and support women in tech, and now we’re doubling down to offer tailored advice that’s specific to you and your career. We’re setting up chats for women engineers to get one-on-one career advice from YC, starting with Anu Hariharan, Managing Director of YC Continuity.

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Anyone is building a marketplace for advice, one 5-minute call at a time

TechCrunch

Anyone , an audio app that’s building a ‘marketplace for advice’ one five-minute phone call at a time, is launching new versions of its iOS and Android apps today* and beginning to large-scale onboarding after operating in a limited closed beta for the past six months. It’s one-to-one only.

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Startup accelerators’ definition of ‘value add’ is due for a refresh

TechCrunch

In this instance, we failed to follow our own advice.”. “Said simply, investing in every round for every YC company requires more capital than we want to raise and manage. We always tell startups to stay small and manage their budgets carefully.

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What is the Definition of a Seed Round or an A Round?

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Marc Andreessen kicked off another great debate on Twitter last night, one that I’ve been talking about incessantly in private circles for the past 2-3 years – what actually IS the definition of a seed vs. A-round. My view: “Spending any time or energy trying to game the ‘definition’ of your round of fund raising is a total waste.

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