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Jesse Walden • Crypto Startup School - a16z crypto
doubled the business coming off of the previous round’s valuation and capital resources; they expected more.
Scott Kupor • Secrets of Sand Hill Road
FROM COMMUNIST TO VENTURE CAPITALIST
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Still, with Michael’s endorsement and enthusiastic support, we pushed forward with the idea. As we applied it to venture capital, we decided to build the following networks: Large companies Every new company needs to either sell something to or partner with a larger company. Executives If you succeed, at some point you need to hire executives. Engi
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larger market opportunity
Scott Kupor • Secrets of Sand Hill Road
TYPES OF ACQUISITIONS
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
sufficiently large to be able to generate a profitable, high-growth, several-hundred-million-dollar-revenue business over a seven-to-ten-year period.
Scott Kupor • Secrets of Sand Hill Road
given that companies are staying private for a longer time, they are more likely to raise funding across several different rounds of financing.
Scott Kupor • Secrets of Sand Hill Road
an institutionalized super angel, which is starting to be known as a micro VC.