Topics & Investors
The greatest technology investors’ advice for entrepreneurs
TOPICS
Our content addresses over 50 topics vital to entrepreneurs. We continue to add valuable content to our site.
These topics are organized under 7 general subject headings, as below.* See the pull down folders at the top of our website under these headings to access the topics.
Fundamentals (20 topics)
Big Picture - Macro View
Burn Rate
Business Building Stages
Business Model
Competition
Employee Headcount
Exiting
Focus
How To Increase Success
Investment Stages & Milestones
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
Pivot
Planning & Execution
Red Flags
Rules of Thumb
Seizing Opportunity
Sustainability
Valuation
Valuation - Rules of Thumb
Vision
Marketing & the Market (9 topics)
Branding & Positioning
Competition
Marketing – Product Market Fit
Pivot
Product
Seizing Opportunity
Sustainability
The Market
Vision
Other 'Stuff' (5 topics)
Naysayers
Red Flags
Rules of Thumb
Seizing Opportunity
Think Outside the Box
People (20 topics)
Angels’-VCs’ Needed Skills
Board of Directors
Control - Founder vs. VC
Courage & Fear
Culture Startup
Employee Headcount
Entrepreneurial Qualities
Flexibility & Nimbleness
Focus
Founder Issues
Innovation & Creativity
Investor Selection
Leadership
Naysayers
Passion
Perseverance
Personal Thoughts
Social Proof
Team Building
Think Outside the Box
Raising Capital (16 topics)
Bootstrapping
Burn Rate
Control - Founder vs. VC
Dilution
Exiting
Fundraising
How Much to Raise
Interest Alignment
Investment Stages & Milestones
Investor Selection
Options
Pivot
Term Sheets
Valuation
Valuation - Rules of Thumb
Vesting
Start-up Issues (17 topics)
Big Picture - Macro View
Culture Startup
Control - Founder vs. VC
Competition
Employee Headcount
Founder Issues
How To Increase Success
Innovation & Creativity
Interest Alignment
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
Pivot
Red Flags
Rules of Thumb
Seizing Opportunity
Think Outside the Box
Valuation
Valuation - Rules of Thumb
Success & Failure (5 topics)
How To Increase Success
Red Flags
Success & Failure
Sustainability
Think Outside the Box
INVESTORS
We currently include some 30 investors and continue to find the wisdom from these and, in the future, other successful investors. See the pull down folders at the top of our website under the alphabetized Investor sections to access the investor's content.
Our investors include:
Marc Andreessen Andreessen Horowitz
Boston Millennia Partners
Brendan Baker Greylock Partners
Jeffrey Bussgang Flybridge Capital Partners
Jason Calacanis LAUNCH
Jeff Clavier SoftTech VC
David Cohen TechStars
Ron Conway SV Angel
Chris Dixon Andreessen Horowitz
Brad Feld Foundry Group
Brian Garrett Crosscut Ventures
Kent Goldman First Round Capital
Bill Gross Idealab
Rob Hayes First Round Capital
Reid Hoffman Greylock
Ben Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz
Josh Kopelman First Round Capital
Mike Maples Jr. Floodgate
Dave McClure 500 Startups
Jason Mendelson Foundry Group
Howard Morgan First Round Capital
Babak Nivi AngelList and Venture Hacks
Basil Peters Strategic Exits Corporation
Naval Ravikant AngelList and Venture Hacks
Mark Suster Upfront Ventures
Peter Thiel Founders Fund
David Tisch The Box Group
Andy Weissman Union Square Ventures
Fred Wilson Union Square Ventures
*topics can appear under more than one general subject heading