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The Product Management Gap
The Product Management Gap
The #1 cause of death for startups is a self-inflicted wound
Harlan Milkove
May 1, 2018
Time Travel to Save your Startup
Time Travel to Save your Startup
Dramatically improve the odds of your venture’s success by rooting out and mitigating knowable risks with a premortem.
Harlan Milkove
Aug 30, 2018
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Are You Managing Your International Currency Risk?
Are You Managing Your International Currency Risk?
How startups can reduce risk by managing international cash flows like a fortune 500 CFO
Harlan Milkove
Jun 17, 2021
COVID-19’s Impact on Early Stage Venture Capital
COVID-19’s Impact on Early Stage Venture Capital
This may actually be one of the best times in history to raise early-stage capital.
Harlan Milkove
Jun 9, 2020
Pitching the Tailwinds of the Coronavirus Outbreak
Pitching the Tailwinds of the Coronavirus Outbreak
A comprehensive list of outbreak-driven fundraising narratives we’ve heard from startup founders
Harlan Milkove
Mar 25, 2020
Raising Venture Capital in the Time of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Raising Venture Capital in the Time of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Like the general population during a pandemic, startups fall into low-risk and high-risk groups.
Harlan Milkove
Mar 18, 2020
How Venture Capital Will be Impacted by the Next Recession
How Venture Capital Will be Impacted by the Next Recession
Not all economic slowdowns result in a crisis.
Harlan Milkove
Feb 12, 2020
Determining Your Target VC Check Size
Determining Your Target VC Check Size
How founders can rationally determine their ideal number of participating investors and what size checks to seek.
Dylan Penn
Feb 3, 2020
EdTech Platform Osmosis Raises a $4M Series A To Train Caregivers
EdTech Platform Osmosis Raises a $4M Series A To Train Caregivers
Felicis Ventures backs a venture addressing the “impending global crisis” in caregiving.
Yi He
Jul 1, 2019
Pillar Raises $5.5M to Attack the Student Loan Repayment Problem
Pillar Raises $5.5M to Attack the Student Loan Repayment Problem
Kleiner Perkins craves access to the financial data of highly educated consumers entering the workforce.
Yi He
Jun 4, 2019
Revenue Analytics Raises $11M To Determine How Much You’re Willing to Pay
Revenue Analytics Raises $11M To Determine How Much You’re Willing to Pay
Noro-Moseley Adds AI-Driven Predictive Pricing To Its Portfolio of Marketing Automation Holdings
Yi He
May 28, 2019
What Intellimize’s $8M Series A Says About the Future of Split Testing
What Intellimize’s $8M Series A Says About the Future of Split Testing
Why Amplify Partners Believes Personalized Content Authored by AI Will Be The Next Wave of Digital Marketing Innovation
Yi He
Apr 28, 2019
How VCs are Gaining Early Exposure to the Future Boom of Autonomous Vehicles
How VCs are Gaining Early Exposure to the Future Boom of Autonomous Vehicles
Phantom Auto’s Raises $13.5M to fuel its commercial vehicle teleoperations Platform and the early proliferation of autonomous vehicles.
Yi He
Apr 19, 2019
Polarr raises $11.5M to Take Aim at Edge Computing Dominance
Polarr raises $11.5M to Take Aim at Edge Computing Dominance
Why Threshold Ventures is placing a bet on mobile-first enterprise collaboration and cross-platform edge computing
Yi He
Apr 8, 2019
Nail Your Startup’s New Year’s Resolutions
Nail Your Startup’s New Year’s Resolutions
Take 2019 by the horns by subjecting your goals to a premortem.
Harlan Milkove
Dec 21, 2018
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