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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. The company did well in 2006 as we delivered a phenomenal product that got much industry acclaim at conferences and with initial customers.

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Diversification – The Alternative to Market Timing

Rob Go

There may be little swings one way or another when markets are stronger or weaker, but for the most part, our valuation band is pretty tight (controlling for company characteristics like product maturity, quality of team, etc). Investment Pace and Time Diversification. Our goal is to invest in 9-12 new companies a year.

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Get Off My Lawn! Crazy Kids and Their Sex, Drugs and Startup Advice!

This is going to be BIG.

A founder will raise one party round worth of seed money and they''ll go teach a class on how to raise venture capital. These represent the bulk of the people commenting, retweeting and liking your posts and sending it viral. That doesn''t feel like the perspective you get from a lot of advice givers these days. Growth hacking?

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