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Lessons From Building AI Products🧠, Hiring Can Make a Startup Slower📉, Code Is No Longer a Durable Software Moat🏰
If you’re building, investing, or just trying to stay ahead of the curve, you’re in the right place.
Oct 17
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Ruben Dominguez
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Chris Tottman
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The Test That Tells You If Anyone Will Actually Pay
Know whether you’ve found a painkiller customers will fund or a vitamin they’ll happily live without.
Oct 15
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Chris Tottman
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The Investors Who Are Actually Writing Checks In Q3
Family offices sat in Databricks, Mistral, Helsing and Etched this quarter. No fund clock. No LPs. No 2-and-20. We mapped 1,082 of them and logged every…
Oct 14
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Chris Tottman
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How VCs Actually Make Their Money
Most startups a venture fund backs will lose money, and that’s the plan. Here’s how a fund works, how its managers get paid, and what it means for the…
Oct 12
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Chris Tottman
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903 European Seed Funds📬, How to Evaluate Talent🧪, AI-Era Fraud Prevention🛡️
If you’re building, investing, or just trying to stay ahead of the curve, you’re in the right place.
Oct 10
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Ruben Dominguez
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Chris Tottman
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The 9-Step GTM System Every Founder Should Build Before They Scale
Nine steps, one living document so every new hire knows who to target, what to say, and why buyers care.
Oct 8
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Chris Tottman
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How SAFEs Quietly Eat Your Equity
See exactly how much of your company you’ve already sold before your seed round even starts.
Oct 7
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Chris Tottman
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The Number VCs Check Before They Believe Your Growth
The benchmark that reveals whether every dollar you spend on growth is actually creating value.
Oct 5
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Chris Tottman
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How to Hire Against Higher Salaries🧲, Cal AI’s Growth Story🍀, The Employees Worth Building a New Role Around🤝
If you’re building, investing, or just trying to stay ahead of the curve, you’re in the right place.
Oct 4
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Ruben Dominguez
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Chris Tottman
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The AI Search Playbook That Gets Your Startup Recommended
How to make sure ChatGPT and Claude put you on the shortlist when buyers ask what to buy.
Oct 1
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Chris Tottman
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September 2026
The 505 Investors That Can Change Your Raise
Why the size, structure and sequence of your investor list decides whether your round builds momentum or stalls.
Sep 30
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Chris Tottman
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The Claude Operating System for Fundraising
Turn Claude into the system that tracks investor intent, briefs every meeting and keeps your raise moving without the manual admin.
Sep 28
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Chris Tottman
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