Term Sheet Hacks: Get a Great Deal
“Having information that the other side doesn’t have gives [VCs] an advantage… they take advantage of entrepreneurs who haven’t been through this before… they were totally willing to take advantage of...
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Venture Hacks Office Hours
We will be holding our first Office Hours this Thursday! The “office” is a teleconference that anyone can join via Skype or phone. The dial-in information is below. Bring your questions about raising...
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Ask Venture Hacks
We get lots of email from people asking for advice. We’re going to start answering the most interesting questions here, so everyone can participate in the discussion. Got a question? Send it to...
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Getting Recommended
Summary: The most common question we hear from entrepreneurs is, “Can you introduce me to investors?” Yes we can. We’re going to recommend startups on Venture Hacks. Investors are invited to subscribe...
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Launch: Pitching Hacks, The Book
Pitching Hacks is here. The PDF is $29 and you can download it immediately. 83 pages. Buy it here. Fuck that, it’s free. Samples We’ve raised $100 million for startups like Epinions, invested another...
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Don't launch? But the New York Times is on the phone!
Before you continue, read Eric Ries’ excellent Don’t launch, where he questions the assumptions behind most marketing launches. If you ask most entrepreneurs why they want to launch, you’ll get an...
View ArticleOpening board meetings to the entire company
In the second part of my interview with Eric Ries, we discuss (1) acquiring customers without launching and (2) opening up board meetings to the entire company. At IMVU, Eric and the management opened...
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Welcoming the Kauffman Foundation
We’re very happy to announce that the Kauffman Foundation has made a significant contribution to support Venture Hacks. If you don’t know them, Kauffman is a $2B non-profit foundation devoted to...
View ArticleVenture Hacks goes rogue
Venture Hacks is now independent of AngelList. Muchos thanks to AngelList for assisting with this transition (Aaron, Jake, Kevin). The first version of AngelList was a blog post on Venture Hacks. It...
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