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Mar 10, 2021

Options are not optional

They say that the day Facebook was listed, ten thousand new millionaires appeared in Silicon Valley. They were the early employees of Facebook that held options in the company. Nevertheless, the concept of options is little understood in Europe. In many countries in Europe, the law did not keep pace…

Options

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Options are not optional
Options are not optional
Options

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Mar 5, 2021

Two lethal hesitations

About late product releases and late fundraising Back in the days when I started BASE jumping*, I learned something that blew my mind. Unlike the many rules in skydiving, in BASE jumping, all was simple: “No matter what happens, do something!” “What do you mean? What should I do if…

Venture Capital

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Venture Capital

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Jan 29, 2021

Super-Value Propositions

The brain-children of unreasonable founders Definitions of terms At EGV, we believe in Focus and Intensity. Focus is when you do one single thing. Intensity is when you do it sixteen hours a day. When working with early-stage founders, we try to help them get Perspective and Clarity. Perspective is rapport: with the…

Startups

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Super-Value Propositions
Super-Value Propositions
Startups

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Nov 3, 2020

Founders vs. Companies

From pitching yourself to pitching your company I noticed something while watching founders pitch their early-stage startups: when raising their first investment round, the founders “sell” themselves as the main assets of the new venture. Everything revolves around their previous experience, their educational background, their many talents, and skills. …

Founders

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Founders vs. Companies
Founders vs. Companies
Founders

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Aug 12, 2020

Startup Pitch Deck — The Problems with “The Problem”

Dissecting the startup pitch deck slide by slide This article is part of a series dissecting the startup pitch deck slide by slide, in no particular order. The intent is to help founders create brief, relevant, and well-structured presentations for their ventures. …

VC

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Startup Pitch Deck — The Problems with “The Problem”
Startup Pitch Deck — The Problems with “The Problem”
VC

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Jul 29, 2020

Why we invested in Questo

Travel-dedicated digital distribution service Everything is a story: the history of the world, the news on TV, the jokes we laugh at, the memories we have. Our life is a story and any trip just as well. The human mind needs stories to make sense of everything around. …

VC

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Why we invested in Questo
Why we invested in Questo
VC

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Jul 27, 2020

Termsheet clauses — the worst of it

What not to sign as a founder Some time ago, I wrote a piece on “What matters most in an investment term sheet.” That article can be found here and was focused on the delicate balance between clauses governing control and valuation. I revisit the subject of the term sheet…

VC

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Termsheet clauses — the worst of it
Termsheet clauses — the worst of it
VC

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Jul 13, 2020

Why we invested in InstantSpace

Infrastructure for events and conferences Organizing conferences or corporate events usually takes months of preparations with booking speakers, syncing agendas, hiring suppliers, engaging in marketing, and PR. …

Traveltech

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Why we invested in InstantSpace
Why we invested in InstantSpace
Traveltech

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Jun 17, 2020

Why we invested in CODA Intelligence

Cybersecurity for all The complexity of cybersecurity threats has been increasing in the last years and all analyses show it will increase even more in the future. Clients of all sizes, but small and medium enterprises especially, need solutions that are both effective and simple to use, to manage, and…

Cybersecurity

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Why we invested in CODA Intelligence
Why we invested in CODA Intelligence
Cybersecurity

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Jun 13, 2020

Startup Pitch Deck — The “Competition” slide

Dissecting the startup pitch deck slide by slide This article is part of a series dissecting the startup pitch deck slide by slide, in no particular order. The intent is to help founders create brief, relevant, and well-structured presentations for their ventures. The competition slide is a key component of…

Startup

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Startup Pitch Deck — The “Competition” slide
Startup Pitch Deck — The “Competition” slide
Startup

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