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How To End Your Pitch with Your Vision

Dream It

We have made the decision to invest in entrepreneurs without slides, whose ambition, passion, depth of understanding of an opportunity and compelling vision come through crystal-clear in conversation,” states Sarah Guo from Greylock Partners. As all investors know from the case of Uber, you cannot size a market based on an incumbent.

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

They point out perceived market risks, they might question the management team’s experience, they might worry about regulatory risk or incumbent competitive powers. I’m an equal opportunity funder but having a personal mission a few deals can be healthy, too. Startup Lessons'

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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

Both Sides of the Table

I have always loved watching videos there but always believed that any company controlled by a consortia of interests would be doomed in the long run – especially by established, large incumbents with an interest in protecting the past more than innovating the future. So it is quite lofty to compare hulu with OPEC.

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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

This is going to be BIG.

The reality is that fundraising looks more like this: Show me a big opportunity, a great plan, a team whose career has led up to this moment through their experience and homework and show something outstanding that they pulled off that separates them from the pack—a “rabbit out of a hat”, if you will—and I’ll show you a funded team.

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Joby Aviation makes its public trading debut on the NYSE

TechCrunch

It’s a sizable amount, but creating an entirely new form of transportation is a capital-intensive business. SPACs are not a new instrument for going public, but they have gained a widespread presence in the transportation space, particularly amongst eVTOL startups looking to secure amounts of capital.

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Algeria’s Yassir picks up $30M to build a super app in North Africa

TechCrunch

Most people in French-speaking Africa are unbanked due to a lack of trust in incumbents and inefficient banking solutions. The company started with ride-hailing services because the cities it targeted had dense populations and inefficient transportation services. After earning a Ph.D. He founded Yassir with Mahdi Yettou in 2017.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Psychedelic biotech, Gogoro’s SPAC, H-1Bs for Ukrainians

TechCrunch

Launched in 1987, the company provides hundreds of transportation and hospitality providers with inventory management and booking services. If you can map every oasis in a desert, you’ve created a transportation network. Gogoro’s public debut could supercharge EV battery swapping across the globe.