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Bootstrap funds are designed for less extreme outcomes. They tend to invest post-traction and operate in niche markets.
Dru Riley • Bootstrap Funds: Post-Traction Investments, Access to Experts, Islamic Finance
and at start-ups, especially in the early stages of growth, the role may be played by the founder.
Sean Ellis • Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success
But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel. If we do 36–40 deals in a Seed Fund, somewhere between 25–40% would likely see big up-rounds within the first 12–24 months. This translates to about 12–15 investments.
Both Sides of the Table • What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?
Seed Club is a participant-owned venture network. It’s a bet that doing venture capital from the first principles of a network instead of the first principles of a firm will create dramatically more interesting outcomes.
It’s a subtle but fundamental shift. It means that instead of the organization at large being narrowly focused on investing activi... See more
It’s a subtle but fundamental shift. It means that instead of the organization at large being narrowly focused on investing activi... See more
Josh Cornelius • for the love of god zoom out
VCs and especially the LP community.
Tony Fadell • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
“We wanted to create a frictionless environment with Spearhead to enable founders on the ground to fund the most interesting people and projects they know of at the very early stage” – Brian Norgard
Brian Norgard • The Pomp Podcast on Apple Podcasts
Ambitious startups will need a high value wedge and the product velocity to expand quickly, create innovative data loops, and establish themselves as a core user operating system or “system of intelligence”.