Let me outline a common scenario that over the last 10 years of venture investing I’ve noticed…
Pitching your startup is less about simply describing what your product is or what your offering does. Rather, the art and science of pitching a startup is about captivating your audience, whether it’s your first customers or potential investors.
The most popular topic in tech might be the coveted “exit.” We read about them every day — whether the pace is speeding or slowing, which companies are potential acquirers and targets, and how entrepreneurs and their investors perform when they happen. But the…
“Talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not.”
About three years ago, George and myself engaged on a clear mission to fix the online dating industry; an industry…
I joined Pritzker Group in 2015 as Community Builder when I moved back to L.A. after three years working in the Tel Aviv VC/startup scene. My job entails two things: one is working with our VC team to build the Pritzker brand in L.A., put on some…
When you’re running out of money at your startup, don’t bury your head in the sand. You…
Imagine an easy way to connect all the software your company runs in the cloud, with the power to customise how…
When I first met tray CEO Rich Waldron early in 2014, after an introduction from angel (and…
This is a story about starting an enterprise seed fund called Boldstart in 2010 and our journey in enterprise since 1996. Despite our firm being a little over 6 years old, our individual stories go further back…
I had the pleasure of attending my second MLconf last week. It was a packed house — you could feel the enthusiasm for machine learning spilling out of the conference hall when you walked into Hotel Nikko.
Since we started investing under the Indie.vc placard, every so often, we hear from outsiders that our financing is for “lifestyle businesses” or “businesses that are not venture scale”.
This article was co-authored by Philip Levinson and Marc Ladin and was previously…
Good technology changes the world. The best technology improves lives.
This article was co-authored with John Gardner @NGP_VC
Startup Wise Guys will fund their next “batch” of startups through a collaboration with Funderbeam, the platform where growth…
Here it is, in all it’s glory.
After sending out my first fund-raising email, I received a lot of feedback. Some of it was generic (“Nigeria isn’t a city, idiot.”) but most was very specific advice from people who invest for a living. I won’t bore anyone with the details, but here are some themes…
(Watch Techcrunch Disrupt SF pitch video for Mobalytics here)
Mobalytics is bringing visual analytics to gamers to help them improve their skill. By measuring your in-game performance, Mobalytics can give you…
A few months ago I sent out an email. Nothing special about that, except for the content. The messaged asked for advice from about 30 friends and mentors who I deeply respect.
During my career, I’ve spent time at every point along the investor food chain. I’ve experienced the purity of being a…
‘Helping’ is easier said than done. But saying what you don’t mean to act on is at best unhelpful, and worse, only serves to soothe your own ego. As…
*raises hand*
Middle roader here. I’ve been talking about this, too. About how people jump on you when you try to see things from both sides. About how it seems wishy-washy and people jump on you. But Sherry Kappel jumped in and challenged that notion for me. Being open is not wishy-washy. There are places I won’t bend-if it…
Rootstock is democratizing access to a $2T asset class: the 16M single family rental homes in the US. At Lightspeed, we couldn’t be more excited to be part of the journey. Congrats to the team and my partner Will on the financing!
As a startup is growing, it is often very difficult to maintain the quality of a product while trying to scale. Iterating a product is a key component to keeping up with the standard you’ve made for the company. Customers are always changing, so iterating really keeps a startup…
A film that highlights resilience, perseverance and grit of five entrepreneurs. Their companies, approaches and backgrounds are different, but they share one thing in common: they are young women pursuing their…
Rootstock is unlocking a huge new asset class for investments
Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific Ltd is in talks to buy Coca-Cola Co’s bottling assets in China from Cofco Corp’s China Foods Ltd unit. This and more China…
