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Dream It
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
The Dreamit team has said it before, raising money from a VC is a lot like sales. co-founder). This shows that you’re comfortable at “trial closing” and the type of founder who actively looks for the “obstacles to sale.” It set you miles apart from other founders and quickly demonstrate your sales skills.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 29, 2014
This week I wrote about obsessive and competitive founders and how this forms the basis of what I look for when I invest. In fact, my salary never caught up with my pre startup salary across 2 companies and 8 years. And that’s what differentiates founders and early employees. I had never been a VC before.
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Dream It
MARCH 6, 2020
Dreamit Urbantech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman recently sat down with Jeff for a wide-ranging conversation on real estate tech, and a large part of that conversation focused on what founders can do to successfully raise venture capital from real estate tech investors. Does the founder know how to sell into real estate?
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2018
This is part of a series of advice for founders who need to raise money from venture capitalists. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them. I always tell founders … “An investors job is to deploy capital and make a return. This is where most founders err. Same with VC.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 17, 2022
Millions — billions — of dollars are flowing toward upstart tech companies of all stripes, and as the de-facto news hub for the startup ecosystem, we are as guilty as anyone of being a little bit on the “cult of capital” side of things. Another truth is that VC isn’t right for all companies.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 3, 2011
But last week I noticed a blog post by a woman, Tara Tiger Brown, that asked the question, “ Why Aren’t More Women Commenting on VC Blog Posts? She has a quote from literally every major VC from whom you’d want to hear. And many of the best women founders. ” [it's short, you should read it].
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 30, 2022
is still the best place in the world for Black startup founders to raise money. It’s quite easy to harp on the dismal funding and often discriminatory treatment that Black founders receive in the U.S. For example, Lotanna Ezeike , a serial founder, said he’s looking to fundraise for his new startup in the U.S.,
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