Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 3, 2023

It’s well intentioned on the part of the second or third time founder turned angel, VC, or accelerator mentor. hello@dijjoo.com “Just Ship It” All the Entrepreneurship Gurus Say was originally published in Entrepreneur's Handbook on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

It’s in our national interests to make becoming an entrepreneur as egalitarian as possible. This doesn’t take anything away from the brilliant white male entrepreneurs that have built incredible companies, but it has made an equivalent crowd of Black founders almost nonexistent. China, not the U.S., seemed the place to do that.

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OkDork

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Michael got into venture capital because he wanted to help Israeli entrepreneurs create more jobs for people. He is one of the top VC in Israel and the world. The biggest difference between American entrepreneurship and Israeli entrepreneurship. I really enjoyed his conversation with him, you will too.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 4, 2023

In this week’s edition, we discuss The rules of entrepreneurship, applicable to all freelancers, entrepreneurs and solopreneurs. Why you can’t raise VC money. VCs may not value what they say they value (profitability) and, instead, care more about hype. 34: Is the VC system broken? Let’s get to it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Over the past decade, venture capital has become synonymous with entrepreneurship. But what if you don’t have unicorn dreams – or you don’t want to pursue VC money? It requires patience and focus, but the freedom to create a meaningful product, on your terms, is worth more than even the biggest VC check. Keep your day job.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

No one decides to be an entrepreneur because it’s easy?—?but As they say, to be forewarned is to be forearmed, so here are the 10 things no one ever tells you about being an entrepreneur: 1. Perhaps unsurprisingly, for every £1 of VC investment in the UK, 89p goes to all-male founding teams. I look back and chuckle. No pressure.

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Jason Malki

JULY 13, 2023

Exploring Shaun Gold’s Entrepreneurial Journey as Nightlife Ninja, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, and VC I had the pleasure of interviewing Shaun Gold. He is a successful entrepreneur, VC, 2x best-selling author, speaker, super connector to startups and standouts, Jeopardy contestant, and screenwriter/executive producer.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 30, 2023

Why You Can’t Raise VC Money Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash Many entrepreneurs have experienced the keen sting of rejection when venture capital firms refuse to invest in or otherwise respond to their exciting new startups. Why You Can’t Raise VC Money. Yet, as we have seen in recent years, this is often not the case.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 16, 2014

Rather than using my investors as an excuse to be short-sighted and screw over the first entrepreneur that works in the door, I need to balance their need for return with the long term viability and reputation of the fund and the firm. Here''s what I am not: I am not necessarily an entrepreneur''s friend.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. Of these 19 have received funding (10 have received significant amounts of VC funding) and 5 have been acquired (2 for more than $30 million).

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

In this post, I’ll cover six realistic ways startups and entrepreneurs can fund their business , including: Incubators or accelerators. Venture capital or VC. The popularity of business incubators has grown in recent years because more people are interested in supporting entrepreneurship. Angel investment. Crypto lending.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 6, 2023

Fearless Fund and the Tory Burch Foundation continue their partnership to boost women of color entrepreneurs by awarding grants ranging from $10,000 to $20,000. Timely access to capital hopefully changes these statistics and in particular Women of Color Entrepreneurs who face even greater hurdles.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2022

A founder’s guide to startup due diligence What are your chances of actually getting funded by a top VC? The trick, according to private equity lawyer Baz Banai , is to think like a VC , and vet your startup accordingly. Use the due diligence process set out in this article to vet your startup from a VC’s perspective.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Learn from a partner at Accomplice VC Image courtesy of Sarah Downey Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Downey is an operating partner at Accomplice VC, an angel investor, and the founder of an upcoming lifestyle app (currently in stealth). Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. It represents the great majority of entrepreneurship and eschews the fairytale rags-to-VC-riches stories we so often read about in the press. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. In the first 5 minutes you’ll realize that she’s a classic entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

So it is with entrepreneurship. In my bones I’m convinced that entrepreneurs are more nature than nurture although I know both are involved. I have recently written extensively on what I believe the 12 characteristics of an entrepreneur are. I’m an ex entrepreneur. I’m biased, too. from a young age.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Monique Villa is an investor at Mucker Capital , an early-stage VC fund investing in startups across the U.S. Getting a seat at the VC table. VC deals by region, as of June 2019. Entrepreneurs, technologists and operational talent are lifestyle-seeking at a time in history when life feels all the more precious.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In the scuffle, VCs are turning to scouts to do the legwork, but that has meant being yet another step removed from their founders. Investors have already been signing the dotted line without meeting entrepreneurs in person. When a VC spends time at an accelerator, they’re in front of a number of talented founders at once.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Ann Miura-Ko has been called “ the most powerful woman in startups ” by Forbes and is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford. Floodgate exists to invest in prime movers - entrepreneurs who build movements that become category defining companies - before the rest of the world believes in them. Introduction: ? I love teaching.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

This week, Natasha interviewed Roger Lee , an entrepreneur who’s spent the better part of a decade building tools for employees and employers alike. Here’s what we got into: Roger’s introduction to entrepreneurship during the dot-com bubble. How the pandemic de-stigmatized layoffs. Equity drops at 10:00 a.m.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2021

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. From traditional equity VC, flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Funding of women-founded startups remains significantly lower than those that are gender-mixed While women entrepreneurs are making significant strides in startup formation, they continue to struggle to gain access to funding on par with men. of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

So venture capitalists lie to entrepreneurs and pretend that seed- and early-stage startups have intrinsic value. The best answer, based on my experience as a venture capitalist and entrepreneur for three decades, has nothing to do with valuation methodology and everything to do with teamwork, belief and commitment.

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Gust

OCTOBER 25, 2014

Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur. Mastering the VC Game. Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship. Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies. Term Sheets & Valuations. Venture Deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

On why you should be an entrepreneur, “A lot of people do what they have to do. So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music. Raising Capital – The VC equivalent for musicians is getting signed by a major label.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Gonzalez-Cadenas is a seasoned entrepreneur and operator, but has also become a prolific angel investor in the U.K. Index’s latest hire also shared his insights on Europe’s venture market, describing this era as the “best moment in entrepreneurship in Europe.” CEO at GoCardless], in my journey.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The last few quarters did not play out as as expected for venture capitalists or entrepreneurs; instead of a pandemic-fueled recession that cauterized the flow of private investment into startups, the economic shifts brought on by COVID-19 have given many companies a tailwind. A VC rebound. In the third quarter, things turned around.

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. Underrepresented folks in entrepreneurship and venture capital, including women, people of color and LGBTQ individuals, are often led to believe we must be overqualified to start a business, join a VC firm or become an investor.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 3, 2016

At least, that's how a lot of entrepreneurs feel. Why do VC's get such a bad rap? Entrepreneurship is a very personal endeavor. That's literally your baby--and 98% of the time, a VC will tell you that your baby is ugly. That's probably why the vast majority of applications for VC positions tend to be from males.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

5 factors founders must consider before choosing their VC. The success of a fundraising process is entirely dependent on how well an entrepreneur can manage it. However, it’s common for entrepreneurs to falter at the negotiation stage, not knowing what their best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA) is.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Andrew Chan is a senior associate at Builders VC , investing in early-stage companies that are transforming pen and paper industries. Gen Z VCs have raised funds, garnered social media followings and profited from the Gen Z mentality. Andrew Chan. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Objectively speaking, and much to my chagrin, I’m a Gen Z.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 13, 2022

Even the simplest questions can have unexpected implications Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Another one of our investors gives us full commercial support through its network of mentors that are there to support the business, not the VC. Due diligence works both ways, and entrepreneurs shouldn’t be in a rush to take investment from anyone that offers it.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” For funds with an overall return of 3-5x, which is what VC funds aim for, the overall return was 4.6x

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2022

Essentially, VC is a high-stakes extreme sport in which top players can accumulate startling amounts of wealth and power. But where does all that money actually come from, and how do VCs actually make money? But where does all that money actually come from, and how do VCs actually make money? Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 7, 2024

Such a technological accomplishment is only one part of the story—the other is the group of financial backers behind entrepreneur and innovator Mennell. 280 has the backing of top investors that include B uilders VC , G ideon Yu , and A lphabet, Inc., having recently closed a $50 Million Series B funding round.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

Women in VC have caught the entrepreneurial bug. After years of entrepreneurs building infrastructure technology, she thinks a new cohort of companies will emerge across machine learning, AI and data. “If Over the past year, numerous notable women investors have left their roles at established firms to launch funds of their own.

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