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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. They’ll tell you all about their strategy, the order of operations of who and how they pitched, the magic slides, the timing of the raise itself, etc. Is that a good strategy? Was she just an anomaly or is there something else going on here?

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup. Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. You can enter either but your strategy must be very different and I can tell you that fragmented markets are easier to disrupt.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? Any area that needs to compete both with incumbents and also a set of already successful “new age” companies that made the first step of meaningful disruption. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy?

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Extra Crunch roundup: StockX EC-1, Early Stage recaps, unpacking Alkami’s IPO, more

TechCrunch

TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. The competition intensified further last year when American incumbents Beyond Meat and Eat Just entered China. Four strategies for getting attention from investors.

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Software Engineer Turned Youtuber – Jarvis Johnson

Y Combinator

Craig Cannon [00:09:18] – I thought that was actually a really nice piece of advice that you gave because you interviewed at Yelp twice. Craig Cannon [00:37:56] – Weird strategy. It really only takes one. Most people think, “Oh, man. Once I’ve failed at Facebook I’ll never reapply.”

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Israeli fintech Personetics raises $85M for tools to help incumbents personalize banking services to compete with neobanks

TechCrunch

Today a startup that is building tools to help incumbent address this challenge is announcing a round of funding on the back of a lot of demand for its services. “T hey are seeing the impact of the alternatives,” he said, with the migration away from the incumbents happening gradually. That’s a common thing.”

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Blockchain gaming survey: 7 investors discuss regulation, opportunities and NFT hype

TechCrunch

We asked them to share the advice they’re giving their portfolio companies, along with their thoughts on how future regulation might impact the industry. Incumbents tend to be more wary of adapting new business models and gaming is no different. What advice have you been giving your portfolio companies to grow?