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Bootstrap Funds: Post-Traction Investments, Access to Experts, Islamic Finance
Pipe solves the problem that both Hsu and Danco alluded to: right now, the way that startups fund themselves doesn’t match their business models or maturity. Product-Market Fit gets most of the headlines. Product-Founder Fit is an up-and-comer. But Business-Funding Fit -- funding each business with the right type of capital -- is an equally importa... See more
Packy McCormick • Pipe: Business-Funding Fit
High Resolution Fundraising
paulgraham.comThe success of each fund entirely rests on the top one to three companies in the fund. There’s often even a large gap between the returns from the No. 1 company and those from the runner-up. Fred Wilson, co-founder of Union Square Ventures, uses a heuristic of thirds: “one deal returns the fund, another 3 to 4 deals return it again, and the rest re
... See moreAli Tamaseb • Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
PEHub’s PE Week Wire and Dan Primack’s Term Sheet are great ways to get tipped on when VC firms are raising new funds.