How investors think about startup investing

SaaS Fund Raising and Investing

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A collection of articles and videos looking SaaS Fund Raising and Investing - software as a service

• Article The top 3 things investors are looking for in SaaS startups | Medium
• Article Dealwise: The marketplace for buying and selling SaaS companies | Y Combinator
• Article Acquisitions -- If You Do Sell, Try to Make Sure It's At a Local Maximum – SaaStr
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Startup Investing in Miami - a guide for VCs and Angel Investors

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a collection of articles and resources for VC and Angel Investors thinking of investing in Miami's startup ecosystem

• Article Downtown Miami’s newest resident: A $400 million dollar Silicon Valley fund | Miami Herald
• Article New venture aims to activate Miami’s private wealth community in the world of early-stage
• Article Investors in the house at FVCC, and Florida startups were in the spotlight (2020)
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Investing in Startups (Guide for Investors: VC, Angel, Seed)

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Guide for potential INVESTORS: An introduction to investing in startups and entrepreneurs

• Article How to Attract (and Scale) Deal Flow - 500 Startups
• Article What is the process you follow when investing in an up-and-coming startup? - Quora | Jason M. Lemkin
• Article Hometown Heroes: Where And Why Venture Capitalists Invest Close To Home | Crunchbase
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Deal Algebra: What sort of Returns do Investors need? (VC, Angel, Seed)

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Guide for potential INVESTORS: An introduction to investing in startups and entrepreneurs. Deal Algebra: What sort of Returns do Inves...

• Article The Venture Capital Math Problem | AVC, Fred Wilson
• Article The 'valley of death' for climate lies between early-stage funding and scaling up | TechCrunch
• Article Venture Capital Deal Algebra | Feld Thoughts
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How do Investors in Startups (Angels, VCs) make money?

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the business model behind venture capital (how they make money)

• Article Capital Gains, Carried Interest, and Ordinary Income - AVC
• Article Venture Capital Deal Algebra | Feld Thoughts
• Article Angel investing: Things I wish someone had told me before I started angel investing
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Essential Fundraising Advice from Mark Suster - Both Sides of the Table

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• Video The Black Swan Event: Funding in the time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster
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Exit strategies

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A look at different exit strategies for startup entrepreneurs (going public, selling to a competitor, mergers acquisitions and more)...

• Article Here’s How Likely Your Startup Is To Get Acquired At Any Stage | Crunchbase
• Article Book: The Entrepreneur's Roadmap - From Concept to IPO - Feld Thoughts
• Article Airbnb's $1 billion funding round shows why tech startups still aren't going public
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Exit strategies: sell your startup company - M&A acquisitions

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Exit strategies: sell your startup company - M&A acquisitions

• Article Acquisitions -- If You Do Sell, Try to Make Sure It's At a Local Maximum – SaaStr
• Article Dealwise: The marketplace for buying and selling SaaS companies | Y Combinator
• Article How to Build a Startup that Gets Acquired – Startup Grind – Medium
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Startups with VC Funding - in Miami

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a collection of articles about VC investing in Miami's startup ecosystem

• Article SoftBank-backed Atom Finance raises $28M, will open Miami office - Refresh Miami
• Article Fuel VC deployed $100M to South Florida startups alone - and there's more to come - Refresh Miami
• Article Pipe, which aims to be the ‘Nasdaq for revenue,’ raises more money at a $2B valuation – TechCrunch
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Frontier Tech and Academic Research - Investing in Startups (Guide for Investors: VC, Angel, Seed)

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Guide for potential INVESTORS: An introduction to Frontier Tech - Investing in Startups (Guide for Investors: VC, Angel, Seed)

• Article Building a great startup requires more than genius and a great invention – TechCrunch
• Article The 'valley of death' for climate lies between early-stage funding and scaling up | TechCrunch

VCs and LPs - fund raising guides for venture fund managers

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A collection of articles to help VC’s navigate through fundraising cycles and develop better relationships with LP’s

• Article Raising A Fund? 9 Questions That Help Get You To GP/LP Fit
• Article VC Investor Relations - AVC
• Article The Economics of VCs Recycling Management Fees - Feld Thoughts
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VC fund - policy guides for venture fund managers

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A collection of articles to help VC fund - policy guides for venture fund managers

• Article Guidelines for VCs Writing Discrimination & Harassment Policies
• Article Our Sexual Harassment Policy - Feld Thoughts

Examples of Exits for Entrepreneurs and VC Investors

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a collection of articles with Examples of Exits for Entrepreneurs and VC Investors

• Article GitHub Billionaires Will Own More Microsoft Stock Than Its CEO - Bloomberg
• Article Website builder Wix acquires art community DeviantArt for $36M
• Article Microsoft Buys GitHub for $7.5 Billion – Andreessen Horowitz
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How to build a $100MM startup

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A collection of articles about starting a company with the goal of (at least) $100MM ARR (annual recurring revenue)

• Article Five ways to build a $100 million business - The Angel VC
• Book High Growth Handbook - by Elad Gil
• Article The Angel VC: Three more ways to build a $100 million business
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EdTech - Examples of Exits for Entrepreneurs and VC Investors

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a collection of articles with Examples of ed-tech Exits for Entrepreneurs and VC Investors

• Article Microsoft acquires social learning platform Flipgrid – TechCrunch
• Article Online Degrees Find a Spot in Workspaces in 2U - WeWork Deal | EdSurge News
• Article Acquisition Autopsy: Details—and Questions—Behind MissionU’s $4M Sale to WeWork | EdSurge News
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Investing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Startups

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Guide for potential INVESTORS: An introduction to Investing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Startups

• Article How to invest in artificial intelligence. Machine earning
• Article Germany plans 3 billion in AI investment - Reuters
• Article Silicon Valley Writes a Playbook to Help Avert Ethical Disasters || Wired
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Examples of Exits for Entrepreneurs (Who didn’t raise vc money)

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a collection of articles with Examples of Exits for Entrepreneurs

• Article How I Turned My Side Hustle into a Product Worthy of Acquisition - Indie Hackers
• Video Justin's: How I Built A Peanut Butter Company And Sold It For $281 Million
• Article How to Build a Startup that Gets Acquired – Startup Grind – Medium
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Due Diligence - for startup fundraising

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a collection of resources about Due Diligence - for startup fundraising

• Article YC’s Series A Diligence Checklist
• Article Stones Unturned: An Investor’s Guide to Due Diligence in Early Stage Companies
• Article Diligence 101 for Seed Stage Startups – Hacker Noon
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Data Rooms + Due Diligence - for startup fundraising

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a collection of resources about Data Rooms and Due Diligence - for startup fundraising

• Article What is in a Due Diligence Data Room ?
• Article Why Your Startup Should Build a Data Room before Fundraising
• Article The Importance Of Online Data Rooms In Mergers And Acquisitions - Forbes
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Alternative Data (for investing) - Foursquare, SecondMeasure, Mattermark, CBInsights, and more

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a collection of articles and resources about Alternative Data (for investing) - Foursquare, SecondMeasure, Mattermark, CBInsights, and more

• Podcast Foursquare CEO Jeff Glueck on using data to map the global economy | This Week In Startups
• Article Why investors want alternative data - The Economist explains
• Article Your Garbage Data Is A Gold Mine -- Fast Company
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VC, venture capital and seed investing - Data, Statistics and Trends

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A collection of articles about Trends in VC, venture capital and seed investing

• Article The Q2 2019 Global Venture Capital Report: A Market Gone Sideways
• Article A stats-based look behind the venture capital curtain (2018) || Eric Feng
• SlideShare Is vc still a thing? - 2019 - Mark Suster, Both Sides of the Table
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Syndicates and Investing in Startups (Guide for Investors: VC, Angel, Seed)

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Guide for potential INVESTORS: An introduction to investing in startups and entrepreneurs

• Article Splitting The Deal - Syndicating early stage investment | Fred Wilson, AVC
• Article Broken Syndicates – AVC

Valuation for Startup Fundraising

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a collection of articles about Valuation for Startup (fundraising)

• Article Valuation | AVC, Fred Wilson
• Article Funding When Capital Isn't Cheap | Andreessen Horowitz
• Article Valuation For Startups — 9 Methods Explained – Medium
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Decision Making - and Thinking in Bets

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a collection of articles and videos about decision making

• Podcast a16z Podcast: Innovating in Bets – Andreessen Horowitz
• Book Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke
• Video 3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion | Liv Boeree
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Second Order Thinking - Decision Making

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Second Order Thinking - Decision Making

• Article Second Order Thinking. Second Order Thinking is a critical | by Noah Pepper | Medium
• Article Second-Order Thinking: What Smart People Use to Outperform - Farnam Street
• Article Cars and second order consequences — Benedict Evans

Valuation for Startup Fundraising - examples

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a collection of articles about Valuation for Startup (fundraising)

• Article Instacart has raised another $200M at a $4.2B valuation | TechCrunch
• Article Why Microsoft Is Willing to Pay So Much for GitHub - Harvard
• Article Andreessen Horowitz Wins VC Sweepstakes To Back Clubhouse, Still In Beta, At $100 M Valuation
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Profits, Gross Margins and Valuations for Startup (fundraising)

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a collection of articles about Valuation for Startup (fundraising)

• Article The Great Public Market Reckoning – AVC
• Article It took 10 years for Airbnb to reach full-year profitability - Recode
• Article Valuation | AVC, Fred Wilson
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VC Mega-funds

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The rise of enormous mega-Vc funds

• Article Miami office will help steer $5 billion Softbank Innovation Fund focused on Latin America - Refresh Miami
• Article Founders Fund confirms $3 billion in new capital across two funds

Book Review: “Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get it“

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In a new book called, Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get it, Kupor demystifies the venture capital process by exam...

• Article New Book: Secrets of Sand Hill Road – Andreessen Horowitz
• Article Why startups are hard -- the math of venture capital returns tells the story - andrewchen
• Article Inside the Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Term Sheet | Fortune
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How do Investors in Startups (Angels, VCs) - decide where to invest?

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a collection of articles looking at How do Investors in Startups (Angels, VCs) - decide where to invest?

• Article How Early-Stage VCs Decide Where to Invest | WIRED
• Article The top 3 things investors are looking for in SaaS startups | Medium
• Article How To Invest In Startups - Sam Altman
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Investing in Startups - Learn to be an Angel investor

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Investing in Startups - Learn to be an Angel investor

• Article Spearhead is transforming founders into angel investors – TechCrunch
• Article How to Be an Angel Investor - Paul Graham essay
• Article How to Angel Invest - podcast from Naval | Spearhead
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Data, Modeling and Decision Making

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Data, Modeling and Decision Making

• Podcast Florence Nightingale: Data Viz Pioneer - 99% Invisible | Podcast on Spotify
• Book Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock
• Video Fake-World Math: When Mathematical Modeling Goes Wrong and How to Get it Right
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Decision Making

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a collection of articles and videos about decision making

• Article Opinion | How to Make a Big Decision - The New York Times
• Video Jeff Bezos on how to make decisions | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips
• Article The 6 Questions I Ask Before I Say 'Yes' to Anything
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