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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

no, I don’t take affiliate commissions!). He lists 6 principles of social influence that I’d like to cover in a series of posts: authority, social proof, reciprocity, commitment / consistency, scarcity and liking. I decided not to be bothered by the cheesy title and to read it anyhow. You should, too. (no,

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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

View from Seed

But mainly we did it because these corporate VCs were among the only groups willing to invest at PayPal’s somewhat inflated post-money valuation, during the middle of the dot-com crash when traditional VCs pulled back sharply and other sources of funding were constrained.