Venture Capital

Going Crazy Managing A Fundraise? 5 Practical Guidelines For Entrepren...

At Tau Ventures we believe the fundraising process is always a bit broken — it works for some startups some of...
Amit Garg
Apr 26, 2021 3 min read 138

A Failing Startup? 5 Best Practices

We often talk about what to do for your startup to succeed. But what to do when you have to call...
Amit Garg
Apr 19, 2021 3 min read 135

Fundraising Intermediaries? Why Entrepreneurs Don’t Do It, And W...

When it comes to startup fundraising, using intermediaries is looked disfavorably in many if not most ecosystems. Three key reasons for...
Amit Garg
Apr 12, 2021 2 min read

Crowdfunding? 3 Principles For Entrepreneurs

Oculus. Glowforge. Flow. Exploding Kittens. Veronica Mars. Tile. The Coolest Cooler. BauBax. Fidget Cube. What do all of these companies have...
Amit Garg
Apr 5, 2021 1 min read

Why Founders Should (Mostly) Stay CEOs

Amazon. Apple. Google. Facebook. Microsoft. Oracle. What all these companies have in common is one of the founders was / is...
Amit Garg
Mar 30, 2021 2 min read 256

Be a Better Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs always look for the right recipe to increase the odds of success. Steve Blank was probably one of the “recipe”...
Pierre Gaubil
Mar 24, 2021 3 min read 123

Pre-emptive round? 4 Ways To Decide How Startups Should Approach It

Someone wants to give you money before you start fundraising? When you still have cash in the bank? And you are...
Amit Garg
Mar 22, 2021 2 min read 120

Second Mover Advantage — 3 Key Principles To Succeed As A Fast F...

Ask the general public and they will tell you being the first into a market is the key to winning. But...
Amit Garg
Mar 15, 2021 2 min read 285

Should I Take This Money? 5 Major Ways VCs Invest In You — And H...

VCs come in many different shapes: investment thesis, fund size, geographic focus, profit-motivated versus strategic returns, and how they invest. Indeed,...
Amit Garg
Mar 7, 2021 3 min read 125

Why Diagnostics Is Hard: Three Extra Challenges And How Startups Can S...

Diagnostics shares the same two key challenges as most of digital health. One, long sales cycles of 9-18 months into providers,...
Amit Garg
Mar 1, 2021 2 min read

Virtual Fundraising For Startups — A Q&A

Q&A with Eileen Wu Raise Partners CEO and Sand Hill Network Co-Founder, Former CNN and CNBC Reporter/Producer Has virtual fundraising leveled...
Amit Garg
Feb 21, 2021 5 min read 102

Venture Capital is for the Elite only

Our economy has changed. I see three significant trends. A significant number of youngsters, freshly out of school, want to become...
Pierre Gaubil
Feb 19, 2021 4 min read 417

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