Oct 29, 2020
Last week we covered whether first time founders should build a company on their own or join an accelerator or a venture studio. As a follow-up, I wanted to present the specifics of the FJ Labs startup studio model. Anthony Valente, Andrea Xu, and Charles Gorra join to describe their experiences at the various stages of...
Oct 22, 2020
This week we cover whether first time founders should build a company on their own or join an accelerator or a venture studio. Nancy Dong (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancydong/), our first ever guest on Playing With Unicorns, joins to share the framework she used to decide whether she should join FJ Labs...
Oct 17, 2020
Given that I was in Lake Placid looking at the foliage change
without my multi-screen setup, I tried a “Ask Me Anything” session
for the week. It was a resounding success with very varied
questions.
We covered:
• The impact of antitrust laws on the venture ecosystem
• The differences between being an angel and...
Oct 9, 2020
In the third episode, I described how VCs evaluate startups by using a combination of the team, business, deal terms and whether the idea fits with their thesis to decide whether to invest or not. In this episode, I present FJ Labs’ Investment thesis.
I start by covering why we focus on marketplaces, then...
Oct 2, 2020
In the first episode I covered how and when to fundraise. In this episode, I cover how venture capitalists (VCs) evaluate you once you are in front of them the help you refine your approach and pitch.