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Hard Ideas

I’ve been meeting future EF founders to talk about what they might work on. I’m excited by what they can build. But when deciding what to…
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Alex Crompton
21st Century Alchemy

21st Century Alchemy

I want to share with you the reason why I’m still, four years in, excited about Entrepreneur First. It’s not because we’ve got a great…
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Alex Crompton
EF in the US: 6 months later

EF in the US: 6 months later

Exactly six months ago today EF announced its first westward expansion, with the launch of our US investment office and the founding of a…
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Matt Wichrowski
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Technology entrepreneurship and the disruption of ambition

Technology entrepreneurship and the disruption of ambition

There has been a great deal of analysis of how technology will disrupt life in the coming decades. Little of this, though, has looked at…
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Matt Clifford
What do the best founders look like before they’re founders?

What do the best founders look like before they’re founders?

We’re fortunate at Entrepreneur First (EF) to have what I believe is the world’s largest and most comprehensive dataset of what great…
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Matt Clifford
Leadership — an alternative perspective

Leadership — an alternative perspective

I love reading biographies and autobiographies — it’s a useful way to learn about leadership and to find traits and habits that you might…
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Alice Bentinck
How to Fundraise (5/5): Allocation

How to Fundraise (5/5): Allocation

This is the final installment of @efLDN’s tactical fundraising series. Previous posts have covered Preparation, Trial & Error, Execution…
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Matt Wichrowski
Entrepreneur First: What We Did in 2016

Entrepreneur First: What We Did in 2016

Entrepreneur First turned five in 2016. Every year, we reflect as a team on how we’ve progressed towards fulfilling our founding mission …
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Matt Clifford
The importance of telling stories as a technical entrepreneur

The importance of telling stories as a technical entrepreneur

At Entrepreneur First, we interview and mentor hundreds of technologists every year, selecting the best and helping them to build world…
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David Williams
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How to Fundraise (4/5): Making the Deal

How to Fundraise (4/5): Making the Deal

This is the fourth installment of @efLDN’s tactical fundraising series. Previous posts have covered Preparation, Trial & Error and…
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Matt Wichrowski
How to Fundraise (3/5): Execution

How to Fundraise (3/5): Execution

This is the third installment of @efLDN’s five-part series on tactical fundraising advice. The previous two posts covered Preparation and…
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Matt Wichrowski
The importance of Customer Engagement, what counts as engagement and The LOI Fallacy

The importance of Customer Engagement, what counts as engagement and The LOI Fallacy

This is a guest post by Chris Mairs, Partner at Entrepreneur First, and follows on from The Letter of Intent Fallacy. Chris is Chief…
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Alice Bentinck
EF Founder Stories #2

EF Founder Stories #2

There is a reason that most accelerators and accelerator-like programmes take on fully formed teams; because there is the perception that…
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Savitri Tan
The Letter of Intent Fallacy

The Letter of Intent Fallacy

Customer development and gaining customer traction is vital to be able to build your startup successfully. Investors want to know that…
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Alice Bentinck
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