Category: Learning
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The Journey from 500k to 5 Billion Demolishes 5 long-held Startup Myths
It has been over a week now since the news of OYO’s $1 billion round and ascent to unicorn status became official. This..
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Keep the Fundraising PPT, Simple
I sat through a pitch call today that went on for 35 mins (but it seemed much longer). The founder kept going through …
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When is the Best Time to Reveal that Your Cofounder is Related to You?
It is important that founding teams declare if two of the co-founders are married to each other, blood relatives or…
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The Sun has Risen but it Proves that Sunset is Required for Archaic Laws
Justice Indu Malhotra, who was a part of the 5-judge bench that took the decision on article 377, aptly said it in her …
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The Investment Banker Pandemic
Time and again, I have warned early-stage founders to steer clear of using the services of a banker to help raise mon…
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High Valuations are a Thorny Issue!
Yesterday at a luncheon, a fellow angel investor and I were discussing deal flow when the senior editor of a respectab…