Sat.May 04, 2024 - Fri.May 10, 2024

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What should VCs do with zombie companies?

David Teten VC

Inevitably, some of a VC’s portfolio companies will become “zombies”: not dead, but not growing. They have some technology and revenues, but morale is low. The CEO is hinting he’d like to get into VC or otherwise find a soft landing. Finding a buyer is difficult, because the company is not exciting to anyone, including even the founders. So what do you do?

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He Sold His Startup for $130 Million, Here’s What He Learned, and Questions to Ask When Considering Whether a New Job is a ‘Fit’ for You, Plus Other Great Reads [link blog]

Hunter Walk

More stuff for you to enjoy… AI generated image What I Learned Selling My Company [Harry Glaser/then: Periscope Data, now: Modelbit ] – Harry sold Periscope Data for $130m and is back building again with Modelbit , an ML engineering platform. Here he provides actionable advice for founders who are building long-lasting companies but know M&A might be the eventual, and successful, outcome.

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Adjacency Matrix: How to expand after PMF

A Smart Bear: Longform

A simple workshop that evaluates new business ideas relative to your existing strengths -- the key to expanding without overreaching.

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