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Five Things About Fundraising

Five Things About Fundraising

I've been asked a lot about my fundraising experience. With the latest e-mail, I figured a blog post would be a productive answer, by making it available to all. In no particular order, here are five quick thoughts about fundraising I usually share: One. Self-Confidence No one will, nor should

Disrupting the Male-Dominated Startup Culture

Disrupting the Male-Dominated Startup Culture

There is probably no way that this post comes off well, but I’m going to try it anyway. Credit first to the anonymous author ofWhat It’s Like Raising Money As A Woman In Silicon Valley [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/08/07/what-its-like-raising-money-as-a-woman-in-tech/] that was published

Why My Team Doesn't Look Great on Paper

Why My Team Doesn't Look Great on Paper

Left, Ashvin, CEO of Themer [http://themerapp.com/]. Right, Me. Claremont McKenna Graduation, May 16th, 2004. There is a really interesting article today in TechCrunch today about credentials and Silicon Valley [http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/13/silicon-valleys-dilemma-over-credentials/]. Great work byDanny Crichton [http://techcrunch.com/author/danny-crichton/]that hits it

Reckless Startup Spending

Reckless Startup Spending

When a startup is having trouble its spending is reckless (see BeachMint article at Pando [http://pandodaily.com/2013/10/11/we-know-we-have-a-good-business-an-exclusive-interview-with-beachmints-founders/] ). When it’s doing well, that same spending is fun and culture building. Nobody knows for sure the right path. I think Google’s continued belief that they

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Confidence

Normally, when I read Mark Suster’s Both Sides of the Table [http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/], I just think about how many words are in each post. However, his latest post on confidence [http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2013/07/27/getting-back-your-series-a-mojo] struck me. It struck other startup CEOs I know