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FEBRUARY 27, 2011

An investor called the founder, spoke for 30 minutes on the phone and committed to funding having never met the team. So as I said, for this I’m grateful to Nivi & Naval for having started the service. Most VCs fund companies with a degree of traction. Relationships with VCs to get downstream funding.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Remember that most fund raising takes time. And they have responsibilities for helping to manage their fund. Not to mention what happens in years where they also need to raise a new fund. Read the following as a guide. If you left funding to the last minute you’ll need to be more aggressive, which is a shame.

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JUNE 1, 2015

Gen X’ers are pretty well profiled but I can tell you we were all grateful just to have jobs and pay our bills. I look around at the startups I fund. I learned about leadership again in my first job out of school. I was hired by Andersen Consulting in 1991 during the midst of a recession.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. I've funded some myself. Alarming IT data points - deal architect , August 25, 2010 I am grateful for plenty of positive coverage my book has received. The expanding pool of angel, seed, and super seed funds is another.

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