Venture Capital

What Is The Right Valuation? 4 Core Principles For Entrepreneurs

Deciding on the right valuation is both an art and a science (and some would say black magic). Common sense dictates...
Amit Garg
Mar 1, 2020 2 min read 141

How To Learn / Unlearn About An Industry? 5 Practical Suggestions For ...

Saw an opportunity, decided to build a company around it, but don’t have much experience in the space? It’s the story...
Amit Garg
Feb 16, 2020 2 min read 113

AI Startups + Fundraising = What Are The Metrics?

What do I need to show in order to raise my next round? All entrepreneurs face that question at some point...
Amit Garg
Feb 1, 2020 2 min read 628

Observations on Token Derivatives – Part One

In Part 1, we introduce FTX’s MOVE Contract with profit and loss visualisation, and how to use the MOVE Contract. Derivatives...
Alan Zhang
Jan 31, 2020 5 min read 271

Why Are Startups Taking Longer Than Ever To Go Public?

Technology startups since the past decade are staying private for much longer. During the dot-com boom (and bust) of the 2000s,...
Adi Gandhi
Jan 28, 2020 2 min read 274

Having A Hard Time Reconnecting With A VC? 5 Practical Tips

  Many previous articles have talked about how to connect with investors, including how VCs can suck but you can minimize...
Amit Garg
Jan 27, 2020 2 min read 208

Startups And The Series A1 Trap

Hit the magical $1M ARR a year after your A but not so sure if you should be raising a B?...
Amit Garg
Jan 19, 2020 2 min read

Pitch right down the middle

Ideas are only as good as their pitches, and pros are the masters of pitch selection to improve business proposals. Three...
Jim Katzaman
Dec 20, 2019 8 min read 227

What Do VCs Do All Day? 5 Visible Activities And The 1 Mostly Invisibl...

Remember the widely circulated series of memes “What people think I do” a few years back? Well, one of the VC...
Amit Garg
Dec 9, 2019 2 min read 501
startup

Startups And Impact Investors – Good or Bad?

Value = Valuation. Valuation -> Profits. Profits!= Profiteering. Are you a startup wondering about this sequence? Then you may want to...
Amit Garg
Nov 24, 2019 2 min read 316

Startups, VCs and Tranched Rounds? Yes Sometimes, No Mostly

Tranched rounds is the idea that an investor will commit to a total financing and give out portions as the entrepreneur...
Amit Garg
Nov 11, 2019 1 min read 185

Food Automation: A Tidal Wave Of Startups

In the US there are more food outlets than ever before, which is to be expected given increased prosperity and population...
Amit Garg
Nov 5, 2019 1 min read 613

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