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A framework to think about pricing seed, angel, and venture capital rounds

This is going to be BIG.

2) Supply and demand of capital willing to invest in your company. How do you price a round? Its one of the most often asked questions and yet I've never seen a great answer given. It seems to me that the most important factor in pricing your round isn't your progress or your idea.

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Our Investment Framework Post-COVID-19

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The post Our Investment Framework Post-COVID-19 appeared first on 500 Startups. From taking all aspects of our accelerators digital (including our Demo Day) to rethinking the opportunities of the future, we’ve taken this moment to analyze what innovations can come from this time and new opportunities that arise from our changing environment.

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My Role as a VC: What I am and what I am not.

This is going to be BIG.

That does not mean telling them how to run the company, but to help them create a management discipline--a framework for thinking about problems and solutions. Venture Capital & Technology' I am not trying to build a big firm, employ a lot of people, or manage the most money possible.

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The Business of Who Makes is Changing

This is going to be BIG.

Tools like AWS, open source and web frameworks made the barriers to producing technology applications lower. Venture Capital & Technology' We hear the term "maker revolution" and it''s easy to dismiss it as just a few Etsy sellers producing limited batch products--but it''s a more fundamental shift.

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Careers in Tech Startups & Innovation: What will I learn?

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I've had the privilege of working not only for investors like Josh Kopelman and Fred Wilson, but for an institutional LP that had been invested in venture capital since 1980. When you tweet that you're researching affiliate marketing programs, front end development frameworks, etc.

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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

Both Sides of the Table

The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. It is not a beach novel to be sure. It should affect how you think if you are an incumbent but also if you’re a startup.

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Everything I didn’t learn about startups as a VC (…or why VCs don’t make good entrepreneurs)

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4) Product management is the most underappreciated focus of venture capitalists—and it’s something I should have made more of a priority as an entrepreneur. We ask about product roadmap, but we really should be asking about the process and decision making framework that you’re using to figure out that roadmap as you go along.

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