How much do you want to sell your startup for

How much do you want to sell your startup for?

Tl;dr: You do a startup to make everyone money at an exit. You need to know how much you want to sell for and be able to communicate that to staff, investors, and even your parents. This blog is going to teach you why and provide you some exercises to help figure out that magic goal in a specific figure. …

The pitch deck fuck you list

The pitch deck fuck you list

Tl;dr: Learn a simple but important exercise I teach all founders when they write pitch decks. You need to know what is important and special about your startup so you can write your pitch deck and communicate key points to investors. This will help you cut the bullshite and figure out what you need to communicate Note: I’m presently writing …

How VCs can reject founders and have them still like you

How VCs can reject founders and have them still like you

Tl;dr: Guide for VC investors to write rejection emails to startup founders and leave a positive impression at scale, whilst not spending too much time. I provide an example of a rejection email for you to use as a base and adjust to fit your personality. This is the second blog in a short 4 part series about how VCs …

Why founders hate VC rejection emails

Why founders hate VC rejection emails

Tl;dr: Understand why founders hate the way that VCs reject them This is the first in a short 4 part series about how VCs can reject founders in a humane way that is both helpful to founders and efficient to venture capital investors: Why founders hate VC rejection emails How VCs can reject founders and have them still like you …