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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

Both Sides of the Table

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. Can you please send us your certificate of incorporation, your Cap Table, your 3-year P&L and last year’s historical trading information?

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Vinod Khosla’s advice for top VCs? Don’t sit on your founders’ boards

TechCrunch

Serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor Vinod Khosla has some strong, contrarian advice for the venture capital industry: don’t sit on your founders’ boards. The advice comes at a reflective time for the industry. billion for a Fund VIII, $1 billion for a second opportunity fund and $400 million for a new seed fund.

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8 Emerging Business Opportunities in the Post-Pandemic World 

StartupNation

While the economic effects caused many businesses to fail, it also paved the way for many emerging business opportunities. Offering a platform that can provide all this and support for the in-person event itself is an untapped opportunity for a market that continues to grow. . New pet parents are looking for advice, treats and toys.

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Successful People Know the Value of Advice

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A study by Harvard Business School professor, Francesca Gino , says that because our views of our own competence are often overly positive, “we rely too much on our own information and too little on the opinions and perspectives of others even when they are good ones.” Whose advice would you seek out? What would you ask them?

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Celebrating 2023 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

In 2024, the ACA will be building upon our growth in educational opportunities including on-demand Ann & Bill Payne ACA Angel University learning and an expansion of our timely, expert-driven webinar series. Take advantage of ACA’s many opportunities to get involved. More than ever, we need innovation. We need angels. We need you!

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Attend Ajay Agarwal’s TechCrunch Early Stage roundtable to hear his advice to early-stage software companies

TechCrunch

billion fund for later-stage opportunities. TC Early Stage gives aspiring and early startup founders — from the idea stage to Series A — the confidence, skills, information, connections and community they need to take next steps and grow their business. Bain’s venture arm raised $1.9 billion across two funds, a $1.4

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The Market Holds The Best Fundraising Advice

Haystack

As lines of code continue to proliferate through the world, as the rate of startup formation increases to seize those opportunities, and as the VC industry expands to support those new teams and opportunities, there is no shortage of people to visit for advice — not to mention all the resources online.

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