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For instance, a large part of the venture capital experience is sourcing companies and creating market maps (google “Tracxn market maps” or “CB Insights” for a detailed example).
Bradley Miles • #BreakIntoVC: How to Break Into Venture Capital And Think Like an Investor Whether You're a Student, Entrepreneur or Working Professional (Venture Capital Guidebook Book 1)
Startup founders often sell too early, leaving money on the table. VCs often force founders to hold out and swing for the fences, risking blowing up companies and locking in gains. We angel investors are generally along for the ride. The good news is that our industry has figured out this divergence of interest and has come up with an effective way
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Will Tavlin • Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin
Superhuman | Acquired Podcast
acquired.fmThe CrunchBase Daily e-mail, Fortune Magazine’s Term Sheet and the StrictlyVC blog are great sources for information on daily deals.
Bradley Miles • #BreakIntoVC: How to Break Into Venture Capital And Think Like an Investor Whether You're a Student, Entrepreneur or Working Professional (Venture Capital Guidebook Book 1)
The venture capitalists backing eBay asked around and heard that one did not work with Jeff Bezos; one worked for him.
Brad Stone • The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
The success of each fund entirely rests on the top one to three companies in the fund. There’s often even a large gap between the returns from the No. 1 company and those from the runner-up. Fred Wilson, co-founder of Union Square Ventures, uses a heuristic of thirds: “one deal returns the fund, another 3 to 4 deals return it again, and the rest re
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