A number of years ago, I read a book by French author Michel Houellebecq titled La Carte et le Territoire (EN: The…
**Originally published 9/8/2013
Don’t be that guy.
Don’t be that guy that freaks out every time you hear a new startup has entered your space. View it as market validation.
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 can keep the momentum rolling and do the things that you’ve been wanting to do but didn’t have the capital to…
Today, San Francisco-based Spire announced a $40M Series B round that Promus Ventures was privileged to lead. Bessemer Venture…
I was at a board meeting the other day of a startup scaling well, and we were discussing their external…
Conviction is a two-way street. Without it, investors and founding teams will not succeed, and both groups are searching for it in each…