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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

Both Sides of the Table

There are some smart if not somewhat cerebral bloggers I read who say that you shouldn’t take any startup advice at all because it’s too generalized to be useful to your situation. Draw from Frameworks. The most helpful type of advice in my mind are frameworks for how to solve a problem. So what IS one to do?

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Don’t be a Grin Fucker

Both Sides of the Table

OK, this will be a test of whether using real curse words in your title or post gets all of your stuff blocked by spam filters or from appearing on HackerNews or the like. McKinsey had their “ 7S framework &# and BCG had the “ BCG Matrix &# with cash cows, dogs, stars and question marks. Make your arguments fact based.

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What’s the Real Deal with AngelList?

Both Sides of the Table

I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. Still, as a VC I value proprietary dealflow & long term relationships. My personal use.

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TechCrunch+ Roundup: Reaching $1M ARR, tech job market rundown, women-led VC firms

TechCrunch

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten VC

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? VC Josh Kopelman makes the analogy of jet fuel vs. motorcycle fuel. VCs sell jet fuel which works well for jets; motorcycles are more common but need a different type of fuel. . Absolutely not. So what is Revenue Based Investing?

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How to spin your scientific research out of a university and into a startup

Y Combinator

These are the most common topics founders have asked us about. In a typical spin-out situation, there are several people who worked on the research, including a mix of students, post docs and faculty. So they take their idea and pitch it to some local VC firms. Here is the framework I recommend. It has just two rules 1.

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Sylvera takes $32M to build trust in carbon offsetting ratings

TechCrunch

based startup which uses machine learning technology to analyze a variety of visual data like satellite imagery and lidar with the goal of boosting accountability and credibility around carbon offsetting projects, has fast followed a $5.8 “We have a mix of customers spanning corporate buyers, traders and exchanges,” it adds.