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How to Respond to a “No”

How to Respond to a “No”

It’s a Long Game — Don’t Burn Your Bridges
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New Space Investing Taking Off — Promus Ventures

New Space Investing Taking Off — Promus Ventures

By: Mike Collett and Gareth Keane
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Promus Ventures Welcomes New Partner Gareth Keane, Opens Up SF Office

Promus Ventures Welcomes New Partner Gareth Keane, Opens Up SF Office

Former SF-Based Qualcomm Ventures Investment Manager Joins Promus Ventures
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Cobalt Robotics Raises $13M Series A — Promus Ventures Backstory

Cobalt Robotics Raises $13M Series A — Promus Ventures Backstory

Sequoia leads round alongside Promus Ventures, Founders Fund, Storm Ventures and Bloomberg Beta
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S&P Global to Acquire Kensho for $550M — Promus Ventures Backstory

S&P Global to Acquire Kensho for $550M — Promus Ventures Backstory

From Startup to the Largest Recorded AI Transaction
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Top Ten Worst Email Inbound Lines

Top Ten Worst Email Inbound Lines

Tenacity is a good thing…to a point.
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The Number One Rule for Startups

The Number One Rule for Startups

Whatever you do, don’t screw this up. And no, it’s not about goats…
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Three Easy Routines That Founders (and VCs) Should Do To Give Them an Macro Edge

Three Easy Routines That Founders (and VCs) Should Do To Give Them ...

The startup world is one where it’s easy to miss the forest through the trees. Starting something from nothing is extremely difficult, and…
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Cowgorithms

Cowgorithms

Promus Ventures Leads Series A Round for Halter
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The “Zero Tolerance for Egos” Standard — Working With Founders/VCs

The “Zero Tolerance for Egos” Standard — Working With Founders/VCs

Life is just too short to work with jerks.
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Saving Private Startups (A War Many VCs Won’t Fight)

Saving Private Startups (A War Many VCs Won’t Fight)

What is the best question founders can ask a VC before bringing them onto their cap table?
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Startup Pitfalls after Raising a New Round

Startup Pitfalls after Raising a New Round

You and your team have just closed on a new round of capital. Some of you are tired and weary. All of you are glad to have it done. Now you…
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Call Don’t Write

Call Don’t Write

The world has a communication problem. At the slightest sign of battle or a hard conversation, many revert to a text, email or even not…
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The “Heads Down” Fallacy

The “Heads Down” Fallacy

I’d love to retire the phrase “heads down” into the startup lexicon hall of fame (along with “crushing it,” “disrupting,” “killing it” and…
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The Curious Get It Done

The Curious Get It Done

cu.ri.ous
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Startup Investor Updates (If Necessary, Use Words)

Startup Investor Updates (If Necessary, Use Words)

I recently had a first board meeting with a talented startup team. The deck was not overly lengthy. The meeting did not last more than 2…
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Gamify Your Cap Table Investors

Gamify Your Cap Table Investors

I was at a board meeting the other day of a startup scaling well, and we were discussing their external sales team and how they were…
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VCs Who (Not Really) Help Out in Fundraising

VCs Who (Not Really) Help Out in Fundraising

As a vc, one of my many roles is to help introduce teams in which we have invested to a small highly-curated list of other strategic and vc…
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The Startup Table (Get Your Folks Together Often)

The Startup Table (Get Your Folks Together Often)

As we wind down the year and people go their separate ways to celebrate the holidays, ask yourself this: does your entire team meet often…
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You Began Building Your Startup Years Ago (You Just Didn’t Know It)

You Began Building Your Startup Years Ago (You Just Didn’t Know It)

We spend a lot of time at Promus Ventures getting to know the founders and their background. I’ve written about great founders here and…
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Investing in London-Based Behavox’s Series A (post Brexit!)

Investing in London-Based Behavox’s Series A (post Brexit!)

We have always taken an uncorrelated view of the world at Promus Ventures in our investing approach. We like to keep our thesis simple…
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