Ultimately, the checklist for first time founders going out to raise money never ends. However, the common thread throughout is the importance of being strategic.
After <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/twitter-founders-put-their-weight-behind-a-new-startup-lift/">nearly a year</a> in development, <a target="_blank" href="http://lift.do/">Lift</a> laun
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This week, I invited Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital back to Ask a VC, because it’s been a while and there were a ton of questions we didn’t get to last time. Sabet is in the middle of some o
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Every so often, venture capitalist Larry Cheng puts out a list of the top VC blogs. Pre
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The latest venture fund to set up a separate seed financing program is Boston-based <a h