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TechCrunch+ roundup: Tested TAM tips, no-code tech survey, writing crypto white papers

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For many first-time founders, determining the size of the market in which they hope to compete is one of their biggest challenges. Bruno Vieira Costa, founder and CEO, Abstra. David Hsu, founder and CEO, Retool. Trisha Kothari, co-founder and CEO, Unit21. Dear Sophie, Both my co-founder and I have E-2 status.

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Interview: VC and Disruption of the Investment Management Industry

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Angelo Robles, Founder of the Family Office Association , just posted a video interview with me. We cover Versatile VC’s strategy and many other topics relevant to family offices. The Family Office Association also just published our full white paper on “Who Is Disrupting Investment Management, And How?”

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What minority founders must consider before entering the venture-backed startup ecosystem

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Sesie Bonsi is the founder and CEO of Bleu , a financial technology platform focused on enabling touchless payment experiences. But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Sesie Bonsi.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. raised money from VCs and 7.7% More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. A new category of VCs have emerged offering a hybrid between VC and RBI, which we call “Flexible VC”. .

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch+ roundup: YC Demo Day faves, thrift shop VCs, cybersecurity product challenges

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Y Combinator’s Demo Day took place this week , and although the event itself was virtual-only, 86% of the founders in YC’s winter 2023 batch lived in SF while participating. is $3,630, but that figure soars to $79,000 for a white family. Median liquid wealth for a Black family in the U.S.

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Crypto investor and founder Jill Gunter on the increasingly heated competition between blockchains — and what it’ll take to win

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Jill Gunter is no stranger to crypto — she’s seen the market through its ups and downs, conducting research on blockchain protocols, working at multiple crypto startups and co-founding her own , and investing as a crypto VC at Slow Ventures.

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