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How to Launch Your Startup Without a Launch

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Follow and engage with them on social media, comment thoughtfully on their articles, and offer insights on industry trends without pitching your company. Now, you have to work 10x harder to get covered. Start building relationships with journalists before you need coverage.

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Charting a Course: Building a Winning VC Fund Strategy [Part II]

The Seraf Compass

In Part I of this article we discussed several key concepts of fund investment strategy and how funds are categorized, whether it be by industry, geography, stage, specialty (e.g. social impact, corporate, etc.) or some other criteria. Now let's take a closer look at capital allocation strategy and the life cycle of a venture fund.

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Why Your Team Will Need Skilled Idea Curators To Succeed in the AI Era

Entrepreneurs' Organization

and more articles from the EO blog. His two most recent best-sellers are Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams and ChatGPT for Thought Leaders and Content Creators. For more insights and inspiration from today’s leading entrepreneurs, check out EO on Inc.

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Three Places At Once: Challenges VCs Face In Managing Their Time [Part II]

The Seraf Compass

In Part I of this article we talked about the challenges and responsibilities General Partners face managing a fund. Now let's take a closer look at the time commitment involved when you're ready to invest in a company, what's required when serving as a board director, and how GPs should handle communications with their LPs.

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Venture Capital - A Practical Guide to Fund Formation and Management

The Seraf Compass

This series of articles is written for fund managers who are creating these new sources of entrepreneur-focused capital today, and those who aspire to start funds in the near future. And, wherever you find entrepreneurs, you will find investors looking to finance those entrepreneurs.

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Learning the Hard Way - Due Diligence Mistakes

The Seraf Compass

As a way of wrapping up this series of articles with a review, let’s take a look at a few common mistakes and see what we can learn from them.

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The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

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Even after Fowler’s article came to the forefront and investors Freada and Mitch Kapor broke ranks with their silent co-investors in their now-famous open letter , things didn’t get better. She was threatened by the company, yet her call for change and her callout of top investors went largely ignored. They got worse.