Nivi

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    Aug 29

    If you are building a company, A-List is the place to go to find top talent, check it out

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  2. Aug 17

    The human side of dealmaking is that any deal can be rewritten on the fly with effective persuasion.

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    Aug 16
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    At early stages, the steps are: • Is the team great? At product execution and distribution? • Can the market be big (not is it big currently)? • Can they build a moat? • Are the terms fair?

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    At early stages, there’s less visibility into the eventual market. At later stages, the market is much clearer, and team is more augmentable. That’s why seed investors (mostly) bet on the team and Warren Buffett (mostly) bets on the market. And there’s a continuum in between.

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  5. Aug 16

    The yin and yang of early-stage investing: - Invest in great teams, they will find the market - Invest in markets that are so good, even an idiot can run the company Which one is which, I’m not sure.

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  6. Aug 16

    “If entrepreneurs understood fund returns, they would be wildly disappointed.” –

    Our latest episode on the Spearhead Podcast is with ! "I think thesis is for suckers because the world changes so fast and very hard to predict the future.” - Check it out here:
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  7. Aug 16

    Story about high-conviction investing: dropped off a $25K check (actual physical check) at the AngelList office in the early days, when we weren’t even raising money. He just gave us a blind check.

    Our latest episode on the Spearhead Podcast is with ! "I think thesis is for suckers because the world changes so fast and very hard to predict the future.” - Check it out here:
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  8. Aug 15

    Then add the financial benefits of 6-year vests: - The strike price is today’s strike price, not a higher strike price in 4 years - You can exercise the whole grant now and start the clock ticking on long-term capital gains tax - A new grant 4 years from now wouldn’t be as big

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  9. Aug 15

    Why we did 6-year vesting at AngelList: - We want people who will stick around, because it takes a long time to build something important - We want new hires to see that the current team isn’t going anywhere - We want people who are here for the mission, not a payday

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  10. Aug 13

    How to get people off your board, by and . From the High Growth Handbook.

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    Aug 4

    The number one rule I learned from watching and build the community is: worship the entrepreneur

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  12. Aug 6

    “If you are selling to consumers, similarly, you will know that you have PM Fit when customers order a second time, renew their subscription, give you a high NPS score, tell their friends about your product on social media.” – on product-market fit

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  13. Aug 6

    “Don’t think that initial contracts indicate PM Fit… Businesses have significant budgets set aside for testing new products… The only time you will know that that customer actually wants to buy your product is when they sign the full long-term contract.”

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  14. Aug 6

    Listen to the interview here

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  15. Aug 6

    Give the fastest ‘no’ in the business. Your data set and opinions don’t really matter when you say no. If an entrepreneur has conviction, they’re going to do it anyway.

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  16. Aug 6

    He only invests when he has high conviction. And when he has high conviction he doesn’t care what other people think.

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  17. Aug 6

    You can talk yourself out of any investment.

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  18. Aug 6

    Back entrepreneurs past the point where other investors would walk away.

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  19. Aug 6

    I got a lot of my entrepreneur-first attitude from ’s blog back in the day . But way before that I picked it up from my favorite investor, Jeff Fagnan. Some insights from his recent podcast…

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  20. Aug 4

    Insights from , the CEO of Y Combinator.

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