#Investors

I have always advocated in the past that mentors, advisors, and investors should be friends with founders. Especially investors. I have also seen how that friendship can be abused with
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The core tenant of any web3 project is a token.@lstephanian and I explored key trends to find the optimal distribution.Here’s what we found Token distributions can be broken down
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Time in the market pretty much beats every strategy you’ve thought about.It’s not wise to try to be sneaky, nor is it wise to time the market and “buy the
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After starting and selling my first startup in NYC, it's bittersweet to pack it up and head West . After a 9 year grind and becoming a self described “New
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1/ Your startup valuation, explained simply 2/ Angels and Investors will buy newly issued shares (US: stock) in your company. They will invest a dollar amount (say $1M) and
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1/ Thread: Mr. Market is NOT a charityI usually joke with my friends that there are 3 topics that are interesting but have an extremely low barrier to entry to
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How to move the needle on investing in founders with diverse backgrounds? (quick )#1 - start by measuring to understand where you are. Here is pipeline data from @IrishAngels and
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Today is #DraftDay and for me it reminds me how the NFL draft is like investing in startups.Here are some similarities Both NFL teams and investors spend massive amounts
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1/8 Yesterday I tweeted about a story of founders who had given up too much equity too early which may impact their future funding. Today I want to talk about
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The 10 questions I would ask an AMC if I were an investor, that usually don’t get asked. A thread... 1. What is your definition of good performance? And bad
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@aoteh : We can’t be a wealthy nation and be home to poor people. Regulators, Entrepreneurs, Investors, Venture Capitalists all have a role to play.1. By creating a supportive operating
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1/ Bonds & Yields 101If you follow the financial news, you see and hear a lot of talk about bonds and bond yields.But what are they and how do they
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0/ Crypto is slowly reinventing many of the tools startups + entrepreneurs created over the last 20 years. Coordinating groups of humans to create long- term value is hard. Human
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How a non-US founder (me) met US investors.April 2020 - I knew 0 angels and VCsMay 2021 - I have an active list of 400+ investorsA thread on the strategies
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Govt. Of India issues Floating rate savings bonds with current interest rate as 7.15%. This can be a good investment option for individual investors looking for principal protection and higher
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Some random musings on startups and funding. As an investor, it really bums me out (most of the time) when I have to pass on a company. As a human
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