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Meet Ari Bloom: Bagel Chain Creator Turned Consumer Brand Whisperer

Meet Ari Bloom, the bagel franchise-creator turned DTC whisperer building personal care brands for underrepresented communities.

March 17, 2022 Candy Cheng Uncategorized
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What is a Virtual Data Room and Why You Should Have One During Fundraising

Written by Alejandra Calvo and Daniel Tovbin, Associates at Initialized Capital You’re raising a new round and starting conversations with investors.

August 26, 2021 The Honeybadger Uncategorized
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The Metrics You Need To Raise a Series A

With thanks to Alejandra Calvo and Daniel Tovbin While there is a wealth of information around both publicly-traded companies and what you…

June 29, 2021 Alda Dennis Uncategorized
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Fundraising Fallacies

I conducted an informal survey with about 40 investors and asked for the advice they would give others.

February 22, 2021 Andrew Lee Uncategorized
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5 Steps to Winning Career Tournaments

There are tournaments everywhere–jobs, admissions, promotions, startup funding.

November 10, 2020 Garry Tan Uncategorized
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I Said the Wrong Thing and Killed My Investor Pitch

Often the easiest choice is to make no choice at all, but you might kill your startup that way Picture this… we…

October 15, 2020 Garry Tan Uncategorized
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How to Raise a Venture Fund.

Venture is a two-sided business matching great entrepreneurs with capital.

August 20, 2020 Alda Dennis Uncategorized
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Infinite Distractions, Finite Attention

What Defining Brands Will Need To Win the 2020s This originally started as a meditation on how brands and brand marketing needs…

April 23, 2020 Alexis Ohanian Uncategorized
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