The Venture Capital Math Problem | AVC, Fred Wilson
From AVC, Fred Wilson: The venture capital math problem is pretty basic, maybe something you'd do in high school calculus or even pre-calculus. He...
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Deal Algebra: What sort of Returns do Investors need? (VC, Angel, Seed)
Guide for potential INVESTORS: An introduction to investing in startups and entrepreneurs. Deal Algebra: What sort of Returns do Investors need? (VC, Angel, Seed)
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The 'valley of death' for climate lies between early-stage funding and scaling up | TechCrunch
It's easier for climate companies to get enough funding to get started. It's much harder once they need money to scale.
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Why startups are hard -- the math of venture capital returns tells the story - andrewchen
Over the past few decades, a small number of startups — 6% — end up driving 60% of the returns. “Dear readers, I’m happy to announce I’ve comple...
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A Conversation with Aileen Lee - Moderated by Geoff Ralston
YC Partner Geoff Ralston talks to Cowboy Ventures Founder Aileen Lee. Transcript and additional content can be found here: See Min 26 - for VC ...
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The Equity Equation | YCombinator. Paul Graham essay
An investor wants to give you money for a certain percentage of your startup. Should you take it? You're about to hire your first employee. How muc...
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Valuation | AVC, Fred Wilson
AVC. essay from Fred Wilson: "Valuation: There’s this dance that entrepreneurs and venture capitalists do when it comes time to negotiate the eco...
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Here’s How Likely Your Startup Is To Get Acquired At Any Stage | Crunchbase
Crunchbase: "Let’s say you randomly selected 1000 seed-stage startups based in the United States. How many of those would go on to raise a Series A...
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What’s The Optimal Portfolio Strategy for a Venture Fund? /
Last year I wrote a few posts (here and here) that talked about how skewed venture returns were. The key take-away graphic from that post is below ...
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Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
In 2011 I left my job as the second employee at Pinterest–before I vested any of my stock–to work on what I thought would be my life’s work. Gumroa...
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The Hit Rate – AVC
This simple and short blog post by the folks at Correlation Ventures contains the key to venture capital returns – the hit rate.
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Venture Capital — No, We’re Not Normal - VC by the Numbers - Medium
Most of us know intuitively that venture investing is a hits driven business. A relatively small number of winners drive returns. However, you migh...
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Why Seed Investing Is Kind of a Sucker Bet (Relatively Speaking)
Q: What are the Pros and Cons of Seed Investing? Seed investing is a bit of a sucker bet. At least on a relative basis to other types of venture
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The Story of a Cap Table: DoorDash - Newcomer
Seed investors and the company's founders saw their stakes in DoorDash diluted as SoftBank flooded the company with money and as Sequoia held firm.
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The Babe Ruth Effect in Venture Capital – cdixon blog
“How to hit home runs: I swing as hard as I can, and I try to swing right through the ball… The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it ...
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Their Venture Fund Was ‘A Sign Of A Bubble.’ Then They Turned $1.9 Million In DoorDash Into $440 Million
Immigrants Mar Hershenson and Pejman Nozad’s venture fund, Pear VC, was once doubted. Then it turned $1.9 million in DoorDash into a stake worth mo...
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