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The use of a world map

Ownership is usually a bust unless your company is being fast-tracked to sell for big bucks.

The fundraising process (Part 4 /4)

[This is the final article in a 4-part series of articles on fundraising] Roadshows Formal investor roadshows work well with large and...

So you want to raise a fund (Part 3/4)

Structuring and Licensing [This is the third article in a 4-part series on fundraising] Read the previous chapter on fund strategy. If...

Complicated storytelling

This is true for many investment banks. And people pay for complexity. But it's an odd world: Founders chasing publicity on social media,...

I am just a brick-layer.

“Rome wasn’t built in a day but they were laying bricks every hour.” "The problem is that it can be really easy to overestimate the...

So you want to raise a fund (Part 2/4)

Designing a fund strategy [This is the second article in a four-part series on fundraising] Read the previous section on GP team. While...

We are business owners.

Someone asked me about paychecks recently. "Paycheck? What paycheck? We are business owners, we don't draw paychecks." Once you've owned...

So you want to raise a fund (Part 1/4)

[This is the first article in a 4-part series on fundraising] Team Composition Preface In the last four years, I’ve had the opportunity...

Can't put lipstick on a pig

The Starbucks at Capital Towers brings back memories of how I was helping a company look for investors some years back. I was sitting...

What makes a successful entrepreneur?

The end game between employee and entrepreneur got me thinking- How does one define success in entrepreneurship?