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5 Marc Andreessen Rules for Building a Faster Startup
Amazon, Airbnb and Microsoft each learned one of them the hard way. Here’s how to run all five in your company this week.
Oct 28
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Chris Tottman
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What VCs Really Mean When They Say No
24 VC rejection lines, decoded - what they really mean, which investors to chase, and when to walk away.
Oct 26
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Chris Tottman
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The Airbnb Pitch Deck 7 Investors Rejected (Full 12 Slides Inside)
The 12 slides behind an $86.5bn company, the mistake that cost Airbnb its first investors, and what founders can steal for their own pitch decks.
Oct 21
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Chris Tottman
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The 3,200+ Investors Most Likely to Fund Your Startup
Find the right investors by stage, sector, cheque size and geography before you waste another intro.
Oct 19
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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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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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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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The 169 VCs Leading Rounds Right Now
The firms, rounds and partners proving where the money is actually moving.
Sep 23
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Chris Tottman
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I Ran a Startup Through a VC Investment Committee. It Died in Four Minutes.
The memo, the scores, the debate and the verdict a committee produces about your deal, before you walk into the room.
Sep 21
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Chris Tottman
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