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Must-know tips to managing venture capital funds, portfolio construction, and determination of fund size. → Read More
When I first got a job in venture as a Managing Director at Techstars, I loved meeting founding teams with two equal cofounders – one technical and one business-focused. It seemed obvious back then that a successful team needs to know how to build and how to sell and that this kind of composition of … → Read More
After making pre-seed investments for seven years, I've observed how different the pre-seed stage is from Series A and later-stage investing. Today, I want to highlight four ideas that are true across different stages of investing. → Read More
Secondary stock sales have become an increasingly popular mechanism for rewarding the founders who achieved significant growth in their business but what are they? Here's what you need to know. → Read More
Alex Iskold shares some insights he has picked up over the last seven years writing pre-seed checks at Techstars NYC and 2048 focusing on how fund economics differ from other stages of venture investing. → Read More
The idea is essentially to raise the capital in tranches using multiple valuation caps, to minimize founder dilution, and to reward the earliest investors who aren’t just willing to commit but are willing to wire the capital too. → Read More
I now backed over 110 startups at the earliest stage. While I don't believe in thematic portfolio construction at the pre-seed stage, I also believe that having focus areas, themes, trends you are really excited about is helpful when investing. → Read More
History tends to repeat itself. We have good times and not so good times. The market is cyclical. With the election turmoil ahead we were already poised for uncertainty. Coronavirus pored a lot of gasoline on this fire. Yesterday Sequoia Capital called Coronavirus the Black Swan of 2020. This is a dramatic description, but an … → Read More
In this post, we take a look at how to run a tight Series A process to help you get multiple competing term sheets, while not taking a lot of time. → Read More
Contrary to what most thought a few years back, CAC (cost of acquiring a customer) didn’t go down as many D2C startups scaled. The costs instead went up. → Read More
The public markets are continuing to go down, and the whispers of an upcoming recession are on Twitter, on Bloomberg, and in the private conversations. The experts are predicting the recession sometime between now, and the end of 2020. While I am no expert on Macroeconomics, I do know that it is prudent to plan … → Read More
I joined Techstars in 2013 and ran my first program in Spring of 2014. It has been an amazing journey, and I am so grateful to have the opportunity to work with incredible group of companies during my 7th program this winter. Huge shout out to KJ Singh and Jill Canning who built Techstars NYC … → Read More
This post was originally published on Thoughts on Tech Startups and Venture Capital We’ve written a lot here about fundraising and how it is a complicated, and at times, confusing process. To fundraise effectively you need to prepare and have a strategy, understand different types of investors, understand how much to raise and create an investor pipeline. We … → Read More
It is certainly true that some investors slow down their activities during the holidays. That said, there are patterns and specifics for each type of investor. → Read More
The most successful startups are run by a founder that exhibits creativity and has the ability to develop a clear, thought out vision for the company. → Read More
If you are looking for mentorship, financing, accelerating your business, and more, then it might be time to consider an accelerator for your startup. → Read More
After working with more than 80 founders, I believe that the ability to articulate a strong and clear vision is the leading indicator of success for the early founding team. → Read More
Protecting yourself and your family against these attacks is difficult, but important. We are now starting to understand as a society that basic online security literacy is also really important. → Read More
I’ve created a simple collection of tips to prevent hacking that I will maintain and enhance over time. I hope you’ll take action in order to keep yourself safe from fraud. → Read More
In a Techstars AMA, we were asked at what stage a startup would most benefit from an accelerator. Here is one perspective from Alex Iskold, MD of the Techstars NYC Accelerator. Accelerators are an integral part of the startup ecosystem. For some, especially first time founders, it’s becoming a checkbox — you have to go through … → Read More