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selling "lifetime deals" is the new seed round for founders
The playbook:
1. build a big audience on social
2. ask them their problems
3. sell lifetime deal to fund development
4. move to subscription or pay per outcome
5. don't have to give equity to VCs =)
From Wall Street to Main Street: how Avenue One connects local pros with institutional capital
jbrec.comBut today there are more people "helping the builders" than actually building, fighting one another in a zero-sum game for allocation in competitive deals. Incredibly, being an investor has become one of the highest status jobs in Silicon Valley — higher even than playing an important operating role at a great company. This has led to an over
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“AngelList has always been at the absolute cutting edge of venture capital” – Brian Norgard
Brian Norgard • The Pomp Podcast on Apple Podcasts
Build Your Business
Tony Fadell • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
From Brian Chesky:
“When you're doing well, investors will give you money on such good terms that it's hard not to take it. But if you do, it will make you slow and bloated.”
He then took a tour and surreptitiously jotted down the names of each tenant, in order to send them all a discount for switching to WeWork.
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
When Emil joined Uber, his role was scoped as "the external face to Uber"
Erik Torenberg • Emil Michael (ex CBO at Uber)
My first company @twitch sold for a billion dollars.
My second one lost $75 million in 36 months.
People love talking about success, but today I'm going to talk about failure.
It's time to be honest about Atrium: