Alex Iskold shares some insights he has picked up over the last seven years writing checks at Techstars NYC and 2048 focusing on how fund economics for pre-seed investing differs from other stages of venture investing.
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Master Your Marketing Funnel and Media Mix
This post will help you learn the various stages of the marketing funnel, the right tactics and metrics to explore at each stage of the funnel, and how to translate that into an effective media mix.
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I know many will laugh at me. And maybe they’re right. But I’m not writing this to convince the naysayers. This is for the growing community of people (including Michael Saylor, Paul Tudor Jones, Stanley Druckenmiller, Bill Miller….) who have seen the crypto light. And I’ve been laughed at before for making seemingly outlandish predictions and been proven right.
The 12 Largest Global Startup Funding Rounds of December 2020
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I’m thinking about using some of my equity to make a big move in my startup, but I’m worried about losing too much equity in the process. When is the right time for me to give up some equity and when should I hang back and look for a better situation?
Covid and the Winter of Our Discontent
What is an entrepreneur (last time I looked, entrepreneurs are people, too, subject to all the slings and arrows of human experience) to do during a dark moment like this? How can an emerging business move forward when everything is locked down?
All Founders Make Bad Decisions — and That’s OK
Good hell, I feel like no matter what I do, I keep making the wrong decisions! I feel like I’m not cut out to be a Founder. There has to be someone out there that’s killing it while I’m hiring the wrong people, talking to the wrong investors, and going after the wrong customers. What am I missing here?
The 7 Largest Global Startup Funding Rounds of November 2020
Each of these companies raised over $200M in November! Everything you need to need to know about the largest global startup funding rounds of November 2020; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…