The title of the article that sparked this post claims to tell us “What do highly successful startups have in common?” If only it were that easy. I bet you can name the data error here just by re-reading the title of that article. Of course, you just know there’s going to be a survivorship…
I recently launched a preferred financing calculations tool for you. It’s an online spreadsheet for you to enter some basic capitalization information, a target pre-money valuation, and a target investment amount. It then shows you the results for your cap table. Some inherent things about venture math that are embodied here but that you might…
Someone recently sent me a link to this advice that startups should never say “we have no competition.” I think it’s good advice. I just saw a pitch deck for a real estate investment that used the phrase “conservative assumptions.” That’s another phrase that should just go away. No one ever claims the opposite: “This…