146. Two More Investor Trick Questions
Where are you in the process? What’s your valuation expectation? Abby provides guidance on answering both of these trick questions.
September 12, 2023
The VC Minute - Tag: Market Context
Stay ahead of venture capital trends and understand how macroeconomic shifts affect your fundraise.
140. Pre-Seed or Seed? Which Are You?
When founders ask me whether they should be targeting pre-seed or seed, I have three clarifying questions.
September 5, 2023
129. Season 3 Kickoff
Season 3 Guests. And do you use your own email when emailing investors?
August 1, 2023
127. Not “Female Founder,” Just “Founder”
It’s important to build a diverse team because diverse teams outperform non-diverse teams. It’s important to invest in great founders. And women happen to make great founders.
June 23, 2023
121. Eternal Optimists & Achievable Valuations
Founders are eternal optimists. It’s a benefit to your company for you to think that the company is always going to prevail in the end. At the same time, founders need to be grounded when it comes to economics.
June 14, 2023
110. Using CDFIs To Get From Zero To One
CDFIs are an excellent place to get support, connections, and possibly funding.
May 25, 2023
107. Founders Outside the Lines
Anybody should be able to create the future, wherever they exist. They just need opportunities, and so we have to make opportunities easier for them to capture.
May 22, 2023
101. Toxic Myth of Entrepreneurship
Don’t get sucked into these toxic myths of entrepreneurship.
May 12, 2023
Building An Insider (Not Bridge) Round
Learn, in excruciating detail, why you should never raise a Bridge Round, then why & how it should be an Insider Round.
April 15, 2023
084. Didn’t Go According To Plan
The story of a bridge round is always the same from an investor’s perspective. You raised money. It wasn’t enough. And now you’re coming back to raise even less money…
April 13, 2023
061. Acknowledge Your Reality
Regardless of your situation, the startup world fundamentally changed on Friday. I have two pieces of advice for you. The first is: acknowledge your reality.
“This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.” – James Stockdale
Whatever your reality is, own it.
March 13, 2023
051. Kicking Off Season 2
Kicking off VC Minute Season 2 with a quick update on the market and ready to roll with advice from guests as well as yours truly.
Thank you for your patience. It will be worth the wait!
February 27, 2023
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