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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. portfolios. Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). Short answer: absofuckinglutely.

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The Collapse of the VC Ecosystem & What It Will Look Like Post.

Altgate

Their portfolio firms will be able to cut back on headcount and other spending and additional capital from investors will allow the companies to survive for the 2-5 years it will take the market to begin to recover. These VCs will see an almost total wipeout of their portfolios. But some will be saved. “Series B&# funds.

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Death By VC

Venture Chronicles

Throughout my years in the venture capital business I was witness to some questionable behaviors and tactics, which in reality is par for the course in any business, but nothing could have prepared me for what I have seen in the last 2 years.