This post is for founders creating fundraising decks from Seed to Series C. By the end you should understand how to use this framework for creating a 10–12 slide investor presentation.
As a VC firm focused on both SaaS and marketplaces, we have not only witnessed the rise of the “SaaS enabled marketplace” hybrid model (SEM in the rest of the post) but also invested in several of them [Docplanner…
For the first 5 years or so after I became a VC I didn’t talk much about what I thought a VC…
It was only five years ago that three Stanford students first thought about how great it would be to have an app that…
There is no consensus about what constitutes good due diligence when in the convoluted sphere of early-stage…
Twitter is an unusual no-longer-startup that made an impact, signed up users, but is still not profitable. Why would a company with 300 Million users not be able to make enough money to continue on its own? The answer might lie in the complicated history of how Twitter started — the many times…
It’s been almost six months since Uber and Lyft left Austin and the sky has yet to fall. Recently, Uber spoke about rejoining the Austin ridesharing market and has even hired a new team to manage community relations with…
There is this one cliche in modern day society that I have a bone to pick with: the one that says that if…
You forgot ‘Fuck your free intelligent photo gallery that learns what is most important to you, organizes your photos, and helps you easily share life’s best memories’
Or maybe you didn’t.
Some things in life, which might be perceived as impossible, are actually possible and probable. About 13 years after I came up with the idea for 500px, and about 12 years after 500px has been launched as a community for the first time, and yet about 7 years since it’s been relaunched as a business, I no…
By Fiona Li and Zach Romain
“Growth Hacker” is not…
If you’re an engineer who’s worked at any kind of tech startup, you know that innovation is fueled by late nights, tons of caffeine, the excitement of last minute requests to perform miracles. It’s…
To dress up for formal events, especially where the invite says — “black tie only” can be daunting for even the most impeccably dressed men. Not only celebrities or famous people but everyone wants to show off the timeless tuxedo, dress shirt and bow tie attire…
If such a thing as “the perfect recipe to build a large successful company” existed, it would probably read like this:
Editor’s note: This post was contributed by Katharine Gregorio. Katharine has over a decade…
(Originally published on Cold Takes, my newsletter — more about it here.)
A couple days later, I still find myself thinking about the second presidential debate. Yes, the content was mildly insane — one candidate…
Your devices can’t wait.
With the average number of devices per household on the rise, having control, prioritization and…
When it comes to startups, Saeed Amidi is known as the “hottest matchmaker in Silicon Valley” — and with good reason. After founding the wildly successful Plug & Play Accelerator in 2006, he’s watched as 2,000+ of his batch companies, including…
You may remember or even currently use the Mooltipass, an open-source offline password keeper that was crowdfunded back in December 2014. If you like the idea of storing all of your passwords in one offline “vault,” but you need…
“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your…
Just a couple of weeks ago, India’s number one brand in the food space was in news for reasons it would have never liked to be; ET and Inc42 taking a jab at the shrinking net profits and same store sales growth…
Some ideas seem to have almost infinite value. Every company, every book, every film starts with an idea. Of course, ideas are nothing without execution. But without an idea, there wouldn’t be a reason to execute anything. Ideas create value. Value creates wealth. In other words…
Carbon Health is an integrated primary care practice, providing care via our…
Whether an entrepreneur is raising a smaller (pre-)seed round entirely from individuals or she has a seed-stage or larger VC firm involved in (leading) the seed syndicate, it’s somewhere between necessary and optimal to have…
Here at FullStory, we aren’t just creating a platform that records and replays your customer experience with surprisingly high fidelity. We aim to help you understand your data and put it to use making your product better…
I am sitting in The Orange Room, a Lebanese Restaurant in East London on a Saturday night. The place has been recommended by many locals, and is a popular spot, particularly at the weekend. But we are the only people in…
I gotta get in on this trump dump. I am not going to comment on his behavior with regard to women, as others are doing a far better job than I could. Rather, I want to focus on something that has been concerning me for quite some times.
Some ideas seem to have almost infinite value. Every company, every book, every film starts with an idea. Ideas create value. Value creates wealth. In other words, the world becomes richer when people generate more ideas. How does one generate ideas?
Last week Facebook announced Marketplaces. It enables users to buy and sell within Facebook. Its more like list items and make offers on items. Facebook has had Buy & Sell groups previously. I’m a member of several Buy & Sell groups, but not really an…
The concept of user personas first appeared inside the Design community in the 90’s and was…
On Thursday, September 29th SVB in partnership with Cendana Capital co-hosted the 4th annual MicroVC summit. We had 200+ participants spanning across the GP and LP ecosystem, 4 incredible panel sessions, and 1 rare San Francisco rooftop deck for guests to mix and mingle…
Last March six teams from Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) — the Dutch government agency responsible for roads and waterways — took part in the Fast Lane Innovation…
A few weeks ago I was asked by an old high-school friend for business advice.
This is the second article in the ‘Product Portfolio Matrix’ series. The introduction article can be found here.
Currently, we are overwhelmed by a plethora of apps and services that reduces our manual efforts. It could be a…
Interview by Allison Grinberg-Funes
Starting again.
It’s never easy.
With the Korean startup still in its infancy, there are many questions left to be…
Ponder this — several years after launch, most products tend to be very different to their original form. The user experience…
This August, I had the honor of joining the all-star investment team at Lighstpeed Venture Partners.
I had my first exposure to Lightspeed while an undergraduate at Stanford, where Lightspeed sponsored a host of student activities and…
Since we acquired Hours, our goal at Five Pack Creative has been to deliver a great, end-to-end experience, whether you use Hours via the app, web, watch, or a combination of the three to track your time!
Yesterday, Facebook finally unveiled Workplace, their « enterprise » Facebook offer. By making…
The first signs of autumn, finally the heat gives way to the fresh September breeze.
Vi Nguyen and Lan Chu are the founders of Austin-based Homads, a marketplace for month-to-month rentals that connects homeowners and renters. Vi has a background in communications and media production; she describes herself as an…
Open source business model research
YES. Open source business models have the ability achieve widespread impact and create revenue opportunities for businesses, often, better than proprietary technology.
On Friday, we held our monthly team retrospective, and realized that we’re failing the bus test. That is, our individual team members are each so important in their respective domains that if someone were hit by a bus, their absence would harm the business. (Obviously we would be sad that they had been…
(this post originally appeared on VentureBeat)
TL;DR — skip to the end for practical tips!
Sometimes we are challenged to examine the very fundamentals of how we work. During a recent…
A curated list of product management advice for technical people
“Beginner’s luck. Bet you can’t do it again.” -young male techie sceptic
Two thirds into 2016 and I have clocked up 118,052 miles over 31 trips to 32 cities in 14 countries…
If you enjoy cooking and Instagram, you’ll likely relate to my struggle.
I’ve told myself that I’ve had lots of opportunities in my life. I’ve had opportunities to start…
The last few months of a project can be a stressful period for project teams as they scramble to…
Stop thinking about yourself if you want to develop
Last weekend, I was in Bucharest, Romania, to attend an inspiring ebbf conference about capacity building in people and companies. One of the keynote speakers, Mr. Lars Sudmann…
Questions pulled from https://markmanson.net/life-purpose.
What’s your favorite flavor of shit sandwich?
I’m ok with having a jam-packed life, as long as there are multiple elements. If one thing takes over, I’m less ok.
Since first launching in 2008, Dreamit has received thousands of applications — heck, I’ve personally reviewed thousands of applications in the not quite three years since joining Dreamit. I’ve had the pleasure to read some really excellent applications…
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The Magician Who Mastered The Art Of The Sale
Nous sommes au tout début d’une révolution entrepreneuriale. Dans ce nouveau monde, ce n’est plus le…
Millennials aren’t difficult to understand. All you have to know is that they are inexperienced, and they have to make lemonade out of a bunch of lemons.
It has been exactly 60 days since we launched Freshchat. We have more than 200 customers across…
Why taking a few “wrong” turns isn’t a bad thing
Today, interns and new grads clamor to join my super awesome tech company, and it’s no surprise why. These brilliant, idealistic twentysomethings…
At Unicorn Hunt we like to get to know the companies that are hiring through our platform. For the first in our new series, “On The Hunt”, we caught up with Lighthouse.
Four French startups rasied more than $50 million today. Pas mal.
Our vision is to change lives — our mission is to help.
We aim to become a ubiquitous service to deliver your products, complete your tasks, help…
Girişimciliğin her anı için söyleyebileceğim en temel sözlerden biri, sanırım Samuel Beckett’in şu meşhur lafı olur ;
Hep denedin, hep yenildin. Olsun. Gene dene, gene yenil. Daha iyi yenil.
Book Recommendation: No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends.
“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” —…
I think most of us do what the crowd does. We fear failure or being laughed at for thinking we could do more. But people who leave the crowd usually get the last laugh. It may be a lonely journey, but rewarding on so many levels. Even with failure learning takes place and we find what we are made of. Often we surprise the crowd, but most importantly we surprise ourselves.
I was talking with a friend of mine a couple of days ago, throwing the word “Rembi” around casually when she interrupted me - “what is that… Rembi” she asked, puzzled. “Rembi noww,’ I retorted in that Nigerian fashion, as if showing a slight desperation in my tone would make her…
The Generalist’s Manifesto
You’re an important part of society, and with the diverse experiences you’ve garnered a thriving world will grow. Whilst at the basis of our world, our working life is geared towards specialists, there exists a place for…
Trying to have a breakthrough in any industry is difficult. Many times, people will look for a majority opinion to validate what they…
The genesis of our company really started right here, crafting pitch decks for early…
In its first two years, Slack signed up more than two million users, many of them paying more than $80 per year, per user. This is unheard of in the world of enterprise software. It takes most new companies more than twice…
The Power of social media can be an effective tool to promote your brand. Lately, it seems like every…
Introduced to North America by Eric Ries in his book entitled The Lean Startup, then augmented by Ash Maurya in his book, Running Lean, Lean (capital L!)…
CRV recently expanded to New York City when Danny Crichton moved to the city from Boston. We hosted several dozen friends of the firm as a launch party at Market Table in West Village. CRV is interested in funding all kinds of startups…
A lot of people who work at large companies grumble about how the CEO is rich and successful, while they toil away day after day, underpaid. It appears to be insensitive when the CEO is showing off their successful life to all…
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~ Henry Ford
Why do they put blinders on race horses?
For this story to make sense, you’ll need to know a few brief facts about my past. But feel free to skip this section.
We organize a group that meets regularly to discuss the industry, trends, tools and overall development of the bot, chatbot and…
Time is one of the most important possessions we have, so we must learn to use it…
By Lassi Noponen
Even though our team hasn’t start the Sprint process yet but I think it is absolutely something my team could benefit from. The process is clear and simple yet provides us a fast pace in developing our business model. We have to try it soon with the…
I don’t think people need to get into those big companies to gain skills and names on their resumes so they can start their own startups successfully. They may get money easier from mediocre VC than people who don’t have the fancy title but the chance to survive in the REAL business world is the same.
Like Elon Musk, Sam Altman.
Overwhelmed by this election season? Losing hope that we’ll ever undo racism, build a…
My client is a highly successful (and profitable) cloud database startup that’s expanding their product line with a new open source serverless computing / cloud software orchestration framework. They’re on the lookout for a…
There’s something special about sharing a meal. It’s how we celebrate, commemorate, reconnect, explore, mourn…
Are you a publisher, multimedia company, advertising agency, web developer, or direct…
So, let’s get right down to it: what is eDot?
Vous vous êtes déjà demandés si une activité était capable de vous faire tout oublier et vous permettre de vraiment souffler pour mieux reprendre le travail ? Pour les amoureux de l’océan et de sensations fortes je vous conseille vivement le surf.
When we talk about innovation, people instantly start talking about self-driving cars…
Heute Morgen haben wir http://www.brushwithwyatt.com aufgeschaltet. Über die letzten Wochen und Monate haben wir gestestet…
Contributed by FlySpaces, the leading short-term workspace booking platform in South-East-Asia.
Jared Derrico, who is known as The Pipe Surgeon, is an experienced plumbing contractor who is able to help clients with a range of issues. He started his career working with a local plumbing company. “I learned more than I could imagine from them,” he says. After gaining…
Omg, you liberals have got to grow up. You’re such candy asses, everything is about how you “feel”. Guess what it’s not. Life can be hard, it’s a series of rejections, you don’t get a trophy simply for showing up. That’s part of growing up, you learn to deal with losses, losing, and rejection. People shouldn’t have to walk on eggshells to talk to you…
Sitting in the same position all day is not healthy. This is what specialist say, and it is backed up by several studies. People know this, but for lots of them it’s just part of the job: office spaces traditionally are sitting spaces.
1. Tell us a little bit about “Aalizwel.com”
Aalizwel.com is the Online Students to Students Community Board and Classified Marketplace to help students buy, sell, trade with your friends and classmates in an easy and friendly way.
Everyone is born to achieve something but it holds true only for a few.Major of the people carryon the routine job throughout their life.We see many persons among us who does the same routine work throughout and only a few who freely achieve something and make an identity for…
My client is in search of someone to become the “go to” for all things design: Product and experience, brand and marketing, style and substance. They’re a rapidly growing cloud database platform whose customers…
Fashion is arguably the next big deal in Nigeria and as such, has seen many entrepreneurs emerge than most special crafts in Nigeria. Their needs range from machinery to office space where they can work and create, to runways where they can flaunt…
Leading data aggregation and data liquidation platform, devoted to become the most effective data bank…
My Role Models…?
See my Role Models aren’t like your Role Models
At the age of 23 they won an Emmy and they produce the television show you probably watch all the time
It’s windy outside and it is about to rain but you can’t really count on the signs. Next thing you will see now is Sun.
The fact that being gay opened unique…
Networking is extremely important for startups because the network you have will make…
October is here, what are you working on? 👉 Share it on Twitter
If you’ve ever tried to make more money, raise your prices or create passive income — you know it’s…
Whether you are a supplier of materials to trade, a house builder, an online retailer or a…
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Determining a career path and getting that first job after college can be a pretty lonely experience. Life after college is a seismic-shift, and everyone’s path is at least a little windy. Just knowing where and how to get…
The impending revaluation of London’s commercial property has been making headlines…
How are we motivated? The age old question. Focus and motivation is so important to how people, businesses and organisations evolve; I know myself, especially in start-up world this rollercoaster ride requires extreme levels of…
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