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Welcoming the Newest Partner to Upfront Ventures

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The reality is the best angels, the best seed funds and the best A-round investors have choices about whom they will refer deals to and are very selective. And of course it doesn’t hurt that Kevin is fluent in Mandarin. Of course as hard as we try we’re all guilty to some degree of this — it’s human nature.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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Let’s set up a framework. Of course a lot of this also comes down to investor trust. A Framework to Guide You: So putting it all together, you should always be mindful of your personal circumstances and market conditions. But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Here’s overall what you need to know.

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What’s the Real Deal with AngelList?

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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. An investor called the founder, spoke for 30 minutes on the phone and committed to funding having never met the team. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write.