perspectives on funding and venture capital (VC)
how VC is evolving, and musings on funding alternatives for founders
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perspectives on funding and venture capital (VC)
Rob and I had to face the truth: Matter is a great product—3x App of the Day, with many thousands of passionate users—but it isn’t the next Duolingo.
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Robotics FOMO, Scaling Laws, & Technology Forecasting - Michael Dempsey: Blog
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wonderful definition of vc:
build out a collection of futures we believe in and use capital and time to help brilliant people accelerate and/or materialize those forecasted futures
perfect formula, and the opposite of how VC-backed founders think
The deadline for YC S24 is tomorrow. Here's why you SHOULD NOT APPLY TO YC:
YC seems like a reasonable proposition. They give you some money to help start your business, and they promise you access to a community of people that can help you along the way. In exchange, they don't ask for much. The standard YC deal is $500K for 7% equity. That doesn... See more
Venture capital should come with a warning label. In our experience, VC kills more startups than slow customer adoption, technical debt and co-founder infighting — combined. VC should be a catalyst for growing companies, but, more commonly, it’s a toxic substance that destroys them. VC often compels companies to prematurely scale, which is typicall... See more
Brandon Evans • Being a Startup Founder is a minimum wage job — Here’s the proof
The Great Bifurcation: Artisans vs. Scaled Asset Managers
In many industries, we’ve seen a bifurcation into niche and sprawl. Into depth and breadth.
Take the news industry. If you’re thriving in news, you’re likely either (1) narrow, nimble, and focused, like a successful Substack publication with a single journalist, or (2) you’re a multi-product b
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