Pivot It’s a word that you hear constantly in startup land. The word is usually applied to startups: But VC firms do it, too. What puts a VC firm on the path to a pivot? Here are a few triggers… Fund N+1 Is Smaller Than Fund N In 2021, it felt like everyone was raising … Read more
There’s something I’ve been doing. I finally noticed it. And it’s changed the way I think about angel investing. It saves me a ton of cycles. And a lot of a founder’s cycles, too. Since I use Superhuman for email: I can set a reminder on any email I send. No response within ‘X’ days … Read more
This reader email landed in my inbox just this week … As a VC guru, I thought you might be the perfect person to ask for some advice on finding startups that fit my investment thesis. I’ve been doing a lot of database searching on sites like Crunchbase, but I feel like I’m … Read more
There’s a pre-IPO stage SaaS company I have been tracking … … for years. I’ve always wanted to invest, purely based on the quality of their product. Late last month: I got my chance. A shareholder wanted to sell some common. But now that the opportunity was in front of me. Did I actually want … Read more
