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Creator Ventures Raises $45M Fund II to Back the Next Generation of Consumer Internet Startups

American Entrepreneurship

Creator Ventures, founded in 2022 by cousins Sasha Kaletsky and Caspar Lee , is uniquely positioned to invest in the next wave of AI-enabled consumer applications, marketplaces, creative tools, and SaaS platforms reshaping the digital landscape.

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Max MRR: Your growth ceiling

A Smart Bear: Longform

Because their financial data is public (in another example of their special, enviable culture), and because they’ve gone through a few different phases of life, they are a perfect case-study for SaaS metrics. Year 2022) This rule isn’t important only for heavily-funded VC-backed companies gunning for hundreds of millions of ARR.

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VC's should be embracing founders with startup experience not rejecting them

Founder Bounty

If you scan LinkedIn you may be able to see the amount of VC's that have little to no startup experience. In addition to this, I have sold a SAAS business. I am a VC scout, but have not been approched by the silicon valley VC's for a full time position. So VC roles are more about connections than anything else.

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Buying a business is easier than starting one from scratch. Here is why

Founder Bounty

Having been in Techstars (top tier VC) , exited a SAAS i have a little bit of experince in building a business. Starting a business is extremely difficult and so there are plenty of reasons to think why buying one off the shelf may in fact be easier than starting one yourself.

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How YouTuber Nischa made her millions and cracked the Youtube algo

Founder Bounty

The differece is that i have sold a SAAS business and been backed by top US VC's for previous startups. I thought I would write this as I have seen Nischa rise from a small amount of subscribers to amassing over 1.72M YouTube subscribers. We both have similar backgrounds, having also been working in investment banking.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

Picking a VC is hard. So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Most VCs are book smart. VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. You want a VC who will spar with you but then STFU and let you get on with things.

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Together We Grow: 11 Expert tips for scaling a SaaS business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Business challenge: Scaling a SaaS business. Dan’s professional IT services consultancy developed a SaaS product and now wants to grow and scale the product—but has little experience in marketing or selling SaaS products. Leverage vertical SaaS benchmark and ratio studies. Here are 11 tips EO members shared: 1.

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