Claire FauquierDoubling Down on the Importance of Unit Economic ProfitabilityWhy it becomes even more important to focus on unit economic profitability in the COVID era and beyondMay 8, 2020May 8, 2020
Claire FauquierPart 1: The Evolution of a Great Company from Idea to Customers — Founders“I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent. Curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have…Jun 25, 2018Jun 25, 2018
Claire FauquierinAlpaca VCFor a Seed Round, Focus on Repeat Customers (sales don’t tell the whole picture)As I’ve chatted about in the past, we don’t expect founders to have figured out the key to his or her business right at the Seed stage. The…May 2, 2018May 2, 2018
Claire FauquierinThe StartupAt the Early Stage, Focus on Unit Economic Profitability, not Corporate ProfitabilityWhen asking pre-seed companies about their anticipated burn rates and cash spend over the following twelve months, I often get a boastful…Oct 25, 20172Oct 25, 20172
Claire FauquierinAlpaca VCUnderstanding Early-Stage Venture Financing StagesAs an investor, I often get asked how much money a company should raise and what they should do with it. I don’t like answering that…Aug 21, 2017Aug 21, 2017
Claire FauquierinAlpaca VCHow to Crush the Cold Email GameThis is likely not a secret anymore, as I haven’t been shy about sharing it, but I got my job here at Corigin Ventures through an original…Feb 23, 201712Feb 23, 201712
Claire FauquierinAlpaca VCThe Mind of a Founder: Corigin’s Hardware FoundersIn this series, “The Mind of a Founder,” (name lifted from PBS’s The Mind of a Chef, since I’m a big fan), I’ll periodically round up…Dec 6, 2016Dec 6, 2016
Claire FauquierinAlpaca VCUnderstanding Cohort Analyses: both subscription and eCommerce businessesAfter working with a couple of our portfolio companies on cohort analyses, I eventually put together a cohort analysis template. In the…Oct 6, 20165Oct 6, 20165
Claire FauquierinAlpaca VCA Year-In-Review: Reflections and Lessons-Learned as a New VCIt feels like I wrote my six-month review blogpost yesterday. It also feels like I just joined Corigin last week. But alas, it’s been a…Aug 3, 2016Aug 3, 2016
Claire FauquierinAlpaca VCHow I Went from Being a Numbers-Hating Banker to a Numbers-Loving VCAnyone familiar with banking probably knows this stereotype: the guy or gal fresh from undergrad who loves to “crush” models. They get…Jul 6, 2016Jul 6, 2016