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In This Edition:
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STARTUP’S
STRATEGY
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Stop Guessing!
Learn How
Investors Choose
Startups!
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Investors who
provide money to
help new
businesses grow
often seem
mysterious to the
people starting
those businesses.
It can feel like
the decisions to
invest happen
behind closed
doors, and getting
that investment
can feel like a
lucky guess.
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But what if you
could understand
exactly how those
investors think
before deciding to
give money to a
startup? breaks
down the 13 key
steps that
investors follow
when deciding
whether to invest.
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It covers how
they find
potential
investments, what
they look for in
the people running
the company, how
they assess the
market
opportunity, the
important terms of
the investment
deal, and what
separates
successful
startups from the
rest.
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13 Key Steps
Investors Follow
Before They Say
Yes!
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Deal
Sourcing:
The
Pipeline: Investors
find deals
through
professional
networks,
other
investors,
and
self-generation.
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Investment
Selection:
What VCs
Look
For: Key focus
areas
include the
management
team, market
size,
product
differentiation,
and business
model.
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Valuation:
Determining
Worth: Investors
assess
potential
value based
on factors
like
anticipated
exit,
comparable
companies,
and
ownership
desired.
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Forecasting:
Crystal
Ball
Gazing:
Predicting
future
growth is
critical,
with VCs
relying on
cash flow
forecasts
and revenue
projections.
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Deal
Structure:
Terms and
Conditions: Deals
include
pro-rata
rights,
liquidation
preferences,
participation
rights, and
anti-dilution
protections.
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Syndication:
Teaming
Up: Many
deals are
syndicated,
meaning
multiple
investors
join in to
spread risk
and enhance
collaboration.
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Post-Investment
Value-Add:
Beyond
Capital: Investors
provide more
than money,
assisting
with
strategy,
operations,
hiring, and
connections.
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Exits:
Reaping
Returns: VCs aim
for
successful
exits like
IPOs or
acquisitions
to generate
returns on
investment.
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Value
Creation:
The Secret
Sauce: Investors
focus on
creating
value
through
operational
improvements,
hiring, and
scaling.
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⚖️ Success
and
Failure:
Make or
Break: Team
success is
essential,
but failures
are common,
with 53% of
companies
experiencing
losses.
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VC Firm
Structure:
The Inner
Workings: Firms
have small
teams but
spend
significant
time
sourcing
deals and
managing
investments.
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LP
Relations:
Keeping
Investors
Happy: VCs
ensure
limited
partners
(LPs) are
satisfied
with returns
and meet
their
expectations.
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Key
Differences
Across VC
Segments: Different
VCs have
distinct
approaches,
focusing on
early or
late-stage
investing,
and
industry-specific
strategies.
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An infographic
outlines these
steps, and then
goes into more
detail on each
part of the
investment
process. The goal
is to give
founders the
knowledge they
need to better
understand how
investors think,
so they can
approach them with
a clearer
strategy.
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The insights are
designed to
empower founders
to understand not
just what
investors do, but
why they do it.
Knowing this can help
founders
leverage that
understanding
to their
advantage when
seeking
investment.
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Why 75% of
Y
Combinator’s
Latest
Startups Are
All About
AI! (Link)
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How to get
startup
ideas
(Link)
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The
Ultimate
Cheatsheet
for Startup
CTOs! (Link)
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The
Mind-Blowing
Way AI Is
Revolutionizing
Startup
Creation! (Link)
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How This
Startup Hit
a $75
Million
Valuation in
Just 3
Years! (Link)
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Will
Cannon
@iamwillcannon
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I
built
a
SaaS
from
zero
to
a
~$75
Million
valuation
in
3
years.
Here
are
8
lessons
I
learned
the
hard
way
(so
you
don't
have
to):
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3:12
PM
•
Sep
10,
2021
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3.12K
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547
Retweets
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71
Replies
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Garry
Tan
@garrytan
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It's
hard
to
do
a
startup.
Sooner
or
later
people
end
up
on
the
struggle
bus.
You
can
always
come
up
with
a
new
idea
or
change
something.
A
status-focused
culture
would
give
on
people
immediately.
We
try
to
be
the
opposite.
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9:06
PM
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Sep
9,
2024
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436
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40
Retweets
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21
Replies
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What Really
Makes VCs
Invest in
Startups?
Insider
Secrets
Revealed! (Link)
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How This
Content Plan
Added
$210,000 to
a SaaS
Monthly—You
Can Too! (Link)
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The
Boring
Marketer
@boringmarketer
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We
added
$210,000
in
monthly
pipeline
to
a
SaaS
using
this
exact
content
plan
that
I
am
sharing
here:
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6:47
PM
•
Sep
9,
2024
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515
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27
Retweets
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11
Replies
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Oracle
Database and
Google Cloud
is now GA! (Link)
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Where to
find
investments
when you
have just an
idea or an
early-stage
startup? (Link)
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44 standout
AI startups
for 2024,
according to
leading VCs. (Link)
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100 most
influential
people in
artificial
intelligence
according to
TIME (Link)
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1 million
people now
use ChatGPT
Business,
says OpenAI (Link)
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Apple
Intelligence
Hits iPhone,
iPad, and
Mac—Find Out
What’s New! (Link)
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OpenAI
Invests in
New Drug
Discovery
Startup (Link)
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AI Beats
Humans at
Generating
Ideas! (Link)
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How Voodoo
Plans to
Cash In on
BeReal’s
Success—Insider
Secrets! (Link)
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Unlocking
Massive
Savings: How
Cloudflare
Cuts Compute
Costs by 1%! (Link)
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Inside
Telegram’s
Dark Side:
Why It’s the
Top Choice
for
Criminals! (Link)
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AI Startup
Glean
Becomes a $4.6
Billion
Giant After
Huge $260M
Funding! (Link)
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Glean Hits $4.6
Billion
Valuation
with Massive
Investment
Round! (Link)
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Smartcat
Bags $43M
for
Cutting-Edge
AI
Translation
Technology! (Link)
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Illuma Labs
Secures $9M
to Fight
Banking
Fraud with
New
Innovations! (Link)
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Viome Lands $25M
and Brings
on Ex-Amazon
Leader for
Major
Expansion! (Link)
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Retraced
Scores €15M
to Boost
Fashion
Brands'
Eco-Friendly
Efforts! (Link)
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AI
Bookkeeping
Startup
Finally
Snags $200M
in Massive
New Round! (Link)
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Darkhive's
$21M
Raise to
Revolutionize
Drone Tech
and Secure
Code
Delivery! (Link)
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Mother
Games Scores $5M
in Pre-Seed
Funding for
New Studio! (Link)
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FreightTech
Aifleet Hits $16M
Series B
Funding to
Supercharge
Growth! (Link)
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FREE FINDS
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Close Any Deal
with These
Objection
Hacks
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Struggling to
close deals
due to
constant
objections?
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This guide offers
templates, best
practices, and
strategies to help
you confidently
handle pushback
from prospects.
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Learn how to
effectively
schedule meetings,
overcome common
concerns, and boost your
close
rate using proven
techniques backed
by industry
leaders like
Calendly and
Gong.
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This insightful
guide
includes:
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Data-backed
techniques
to overcome
objections
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✉️
Effective
meeting
invitation
writing
tips
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Proper
etiquette
for
scheduling
links
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Three-step
framework
for handling
objections
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Scripts for
top five
sales
objections
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Transform
your sales
strategy
with these
effective
insights!
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NEW JOBS
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37 Hot Remote
Jobs at
Startups!
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Looking for a new
remote job? Here
are 37 exciting
mid-sized startups
that are hiring!
From AI and data
tools to
healthcare and
design platforms,
there’s a wide
range of roles
available.
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Some jobs might
have location
restrictions, so
be sure to review
the details.
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Ready to find
your next
remote
opportunity?
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Check out
these 37
startups
hiring
now
and apply to find
your perfect fit!
Don’t wait—start
your application
today and take the
next step in your
career.
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