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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. Society is reorienting to a new post-pandemic norm?—?even Hot, Flat & Crowded.”
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 18, 2024
Say what you will about VCs, but we’re a mostly predictable bunch. Still, there are a lot of downsides to taking venture money—the push to grow at all costs, our desire to be all up in your business, literally, and sometimes, we’re kind of obnoxious. I’m not talking about active angels. Can they lose this money?
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Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 6, 2024
The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The first step is finding partners whose interests resonate with your vision. But more importantly, it can help your audience believe you. It just does not make sense.
Revolution
MARCH 8, 2023
The share of funding for companies co-founded by women? The long and short of it: Female founders face systemic barriers to founding, funding, and scaling their businesses. But I also wonder if the very bucket we get placed in is what sets us back. Women represent 50.5% of the U.S. That ticked up to 15.4%
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2018
The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. I always tell founders … “An investors job is to deploy capital and make a return. an investment in your company. This is where most founders err.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
” From the hyperbolic Jason Calacanis weighing in that “The petty VC’s did everything to deride [Naval, the co-founder of AngelList]” as though the industry was collectively s g its pants that AngelList was going to put us out of business. If it gets broader adoption I think it is a big deal.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Are you trying to figure out how to build a place that creates venture backed IPOs or are you trying to build something where technical people can feel like they’re in a community? Today, we would add places like Miami and Salt Lake City to that age old debate. First, you have to ask yourself what the desired outcome is.
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