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Why It’s Time for Les Moonves to Go — You Can’t Charm Your Way out of Sexual Misconduct

Why It’s Time for Les Moonves to Go — You Can’t Charm Your Way out of Sexual Misconduct

I just returned from a week’s vacation in the mountains where I had almost no Internet access but was aware that Ronan Farrow had published…
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Some Quick Things Every Founder Should Know

Some Quick Things Every Founder Should Know

One thing that comes with being a venture capitalist is you see hundreds and hundreds of businesses. You get to have interesting…
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Mark Suster
All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company…
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Be Careful Not to Lose Twice

Be Careful Not to Lose Twice

There are times to fight.
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My Top Movie Recommendation for 2018

My Top Movie Recommendation for 2018

For Father’s Day I was watching the most heartfelt movies I’ve seen in a long time, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” It is a movie that will…
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What Should You Send a VC Before Your Meeting?

What Should You Send a VC Before Your Meeting?

One of the hardest things to know when you’re new to fund raising is what you’re supposed to send to an investor, when and will they keep…
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How to Talk About Valuation When a VC Asks

How to Talk About Valuation When a VC Asks

One of the hardest things about the fund-raising process for entrepreneurs is that you’re trying to raise money from people who have…
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How Much Should You Raise in Your VC Round? And What is a VC Looking at in Your Model?

How Much Should You Raise in Your VC Round? And What is a VC Looking at in Your Model?

There’s a quick litmus-test conversation any early-stage VC will have with the founder and it’s one that you should be as prepared for as…
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How to Improve Your Odds of Getting to Yes with a VC — “Land and Expand”

How to Improve Your Odds of Getting to Yes with a VC — “Land and Expand”

If you’ve read any of my ongoing series on fund raising from venture capitalist (episode 1 — controlling your psychology) you no doubt have…
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Why Confidence is So Important in Fund Raising

Why Confidence is So Important in Fund Raising

I was recently with an entrepreneur and talking with him about his fund raising process. He was in a later-stage financing round and was…
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