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𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗽𝘀 Many early-stage founders have ambitious goals, but often face setbacks when their projections or valuations don’t align with investor expectations. These gaps can dela

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗜𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂 — 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺. Most early founders (me included!) make this mistake: They spend 70% of the pitch deck talking about themselves or the product. If you’re a first-t

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 #𝟭 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹 (𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗜𝘁) Marc Andreessen, the legendary investor and co-founder of a16z, once said: "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚

𝗨𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼 Below are the key excerpts from Travis’s blog post Startup Seed Raising Skillzzz: 𝟭. 𝗦𝘁�

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹 Peter Thiel, the billionaire behind PayPal, says: 𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩’𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐟