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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

This is going to be BIG.

Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. It also doesn''t take into consideration many important factors: One, venture backed companies are a tiny hiccup in the grand scheme of entrepreneurship. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine.

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Alternative VC Tech Stack: Chisos structured finance

David Teten VC

Q: What are the tools you’re using for your front office: sourcing , LP relations, investing analysis, etc.? Calendly speeds up scheduling for pitch call Q: What are the tools you’re using for your middle office: tracking, risk management, etc.? Q: Do you see any room to use AI to exploit your dataset? Yes, absolutely.

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10 Steps to Increase the Odds of a Successful Angel or Seed Fundraising Round

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Make sure they can tell you, after reading your draft deck, how your business will make money, how it will become profitable over time, and why investors should give you the capital. There are a number of great examples of publicly available pitch materials, so draw from ones that you like the most. Rehearse your presentation.

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How Duolingo became a $2.4B language unicorn

TechCrunch

GM CEO Mary Barra wants to sell personal autonomous vehicles using Cruise’s self-driving tech by 2030. And if you enjoy mobility news, definitely subscribe to The Station , a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Uber’s mixed Q1 earnings portray an evolving business. Why did Bill.com pay $2.5B

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What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming An Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Unfortunately, the venture capital scene is embarrassingly backward in terms of diversity, and women and ethnic minorities are shockingly underrepresented among investment decision-makers. Only 10p goes to mixed-gender teams, and less than 1p goes to all-female teams? Don’t worry, you get used to it.) Oh, most definitely.

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Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women & underrepresented founders?

David Teten VC

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

By definition, you read blogs. I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. They achieved all of this before they raised even a penny of venture capital.

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