A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 28, 2019

On Friday, I had two separate conversations with founders about fundraising strategies. Both had an easier path that would likely get them to a closing quickly but might cost them some economics and a harder/longer path that would allow them to maximize economics. I gave them both the same advice which is that certainty of close is super important, particularly early on in a venture when you see an opportunity and want to capture it before someone else does.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 28, 2019

In the second of a three part series, serial entrepreneur and investor Josh Comrie explains why choosing the level you want to play at before you invest in building a business, is key. At least two or three times a month, I have the same, typical conversation with a friend, associate or acquaintance wanting business advice. We’ll call them a ‘Wantrepreneur’ or WP for short, using Seth Godin’s term for someone keen to break the shackles of salaried employment.

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OurCrowd

JULY 28, 2019

As an individual investor, it’s probably too late for you to invest in Beyond Meat given its $14 billion market cap and impossible to invest in a startup such as Impossible Foods. Unless you are one of the 30,000-plus individual investors from 183 countries investing in startups through OurCrowd, an Israeli equity crowdfunding platform. Read more here.

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