Venture Capital

Don’t Let Your Lawyer Kill Your Deal

Every startup founder needs a good legal counselor to provide…

How I raised $10M in venture capital

I learned a lot from my first 100 investor meetings and I learned even more from the next 400…

Let Me Ask You a Question

I’m always amazed at how many early-stage investors will commit to investing in a company after only one phone call or meeting — especially those who have a fiduciary duty to LPs. Unless you employ a shotgun strategy of investing in every startup whose founders have a pulse and…

Shiny Objects

As consumers, we all get distracted. It seems to happen more easily and frequently these days. Instead of focusing on work or driving or watching the kids, we constantly check Facebook, email, Twitter, and Instagram. And it seems to have led us to suffer from exceedingly short attention spans. We prefer…

Stop Swinging for the Fences

Conventional thinking in venture capital is that success requires aiming for the fences. Home runs (or even grand slams) are necessary to generate a reasonable rate of return in light of the large majority of portfolio companies that go out of business. But is this the most…

Why I Quit My Job to Found a Startup That will Change the World

I hate banks and I despise inequality

How you will Earn Money When Robots Steal your Job

The Post-Industrial Economy