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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

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I also had to negotiate a follow-on round at a portfolio company because new investors were trying to force a bit option-pool top-up that would dilute the founders and existing shareholders and existing investors were fighting over prorata rights. especially about churn rates and your high CACs last quarter relative to the previous year.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

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Product/Metrics (70%/30% time) * Get your product activation (sign-up + meaningful action) to 60% * then, Get your product retention to 20% weekly. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Press is something you should do once you know your activation / retention metrics are good. Other sources of capital.