Venture investors and people who invest in venture firms and startups often quote Wayne Gretzky: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
You Are Damaging The Success Of Your MVP
Recently, I was working on an application that required multiple repetitive tasks to be activated all at once. These…
I was talking with a group of accomplished technologists this week — academics, former entrepreneurs — discussing the fundraising strategy for a company that has raised some angel funding. At one point, there was discussion of a “Series A” financing in the near-term future of the company. The…
Entrepreneurs embarking on a fundraising process struggle with this question. Will you suffer too much dilution by raising too much? Do you need to raise at least a certain amount to get the attention of certain investors? What if you set your sights too high and fall…
And It Has Nothing To Do With Software Development
Last week, I had the pleasure of representing CoVenture while speaking at the Northern edition of ForwardJS about a topic near and dear to my heart: transpilation in the JavaScript…
I assume you’re expecting a pep talk about cutting down your feature list. Well, you are absolutely right…
Over the years, I have had many occasions to talk about company valuations with founders. Whether negotiating the terms of an investment or discussing option grants at board meetings, the topic is central to the relationship between a company and its closest stakeholders — its…