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Intimacy and Transparency: 3 part series on VC/LP relations

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Indicators of Entrepreneurship

Written by Collin West

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Data on product failure with Pete Sinclair - CEO of Obo

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Water down that Fyre deck

Now, for venture capital investors, screening pitch decks can feel like a 6th sense, but in analyzing Billy’s pitch deck something stood out - the pitch deck was not terrible compared to the typical early stage startup deck. The result was a marketing campaign they executed on flawlessly - but a festival that was a total flop. But how did it get to this?.

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First Time Funds Just Keep Getting Bigger

Across the globe, between 2012 and 2017, the Median First-Time VC fund went from $27M to $51M. And the top quartile (75th Percentile) more than doubled from $66M to $139M.

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This Man Makes Founders Cry

It’s two o’clock on a Sunday morning, and I’m standing outside a Lisbon bar with a pack of techies gathered for the annual Founders conference. The air smells like salt and cigarettes. Inside, someone is passing around shots. Two guys are trying to play pool, but the room is too crowded, packed person-to-person with CEOs, investors, and bankers talking shop.