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Want some VC learnings? I love ‘lessons learned’ articles, because, let’s face it, it’s fun to not make rookie mistakes (even if you are a rookie). Here are 8 lessons learned from VC Jason Lemkin of Storm Ventures that also set up SaaStr, from his first 18 months as a VC. I think these learnings are also useful for founders …
Tl;dr: You are the real reason founders are not funded in a pitch process. Investors invest in the team. That’s the main reason fouders are turned down. “It’s not me, it’s you” – No ex-girlfriend ever You have heard quotes from VCs (Venture capital) effuse the importance of the team, you know so many companies fail and so many startups don’t …
TL;DR: This is a presentation I gave to founders at Startup Next in Malaysia on ‘How to get funded’ from venture capitalists and Angel investors. The startups are all in this pre-accelerator, so mainly looking for angel rounds to get things going, or in some cases, a proper seed round. The slides are mainly talked to, but founders should still be able …
Every founding startup team looking to grow more aggressively needs to raise investment from venture capitalists. The funny thing is that I don’t think founders think the team is nearly as important as an investor think it is! Let’s look at the top 20 reasons for failure. See that team features prominently as the number 3 reason. Yup, it matters. …
This is the second instalment of “Tech stacks in Asia” with up and coming Asian tech startups. In this blog we hear from Singapore based Klinify. Describe Klinify in 2-3 sentences. Klinify is a VC backed startup based in Singapore. We help doctors and hospitals go digital without changing their workflow. Our product combines everything healthcare professionals love about paper …
