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Two investment deals are on the table. Which do you sign?

The Startup Toolkit

Vision for B2C, virality-driven community. Regarding structure, the first deal is a rolling round with committed lead investors. On the other hand, maybe we can move somewhere less rainy than London… One of the first pieces of startup advice I ever got was to “Never take money from a virgin investor.”

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Two investment deals are on the table. Which do you sign?

The Startup Toolkit

Vision for B2C, virality-driven community. Regarding structure, the first deal is a rolling round with committed lead investors. On the other hand, maybe we can move somewhere less rainy than London… One of the first pieces of startup advice I ever got was to “Never take money from a virgin investor.”

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Building a Great Startup Board Pt. 2

Reid Hoffman

Last week, we explored the topic of startup boards of directors. The primary goal of this conversation was to explain how and why a great startup board can be a powerful tool to help the CEO make the company successful. One of the things a financing round brings is an opportunity to strengthen the startup’s overall network.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

It has many stylistic errors — and a few substantive ones, too — that I would now change having learned more, but I realized that it still provides useful insights for entrepreneurs and startup participants outside of the Greylock network, particularly across three areas of interest: how entrepreneurs should approach the pitch process.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

mashable.com

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. 9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator.

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Out of the Crisis #12: Curative founder Fred Turner and Celine Halioua on diagnostic supply chains, scaling up testing, and partnering with government

Startup Lessons Learned

The mayor had the scientific advisors in place in order to understand the power of what this new startup could bring and was able to take action, rather than be paralyzed by the pandemic. And, listen, I tell the stories of startups going fast for a living. Eric Ries : So, what was the investor reaction like?