My partners and I have noticed an interesting trend over the past few years: an increase in the number of entrepreneurs who prefer to pitch us without the use of a presentation deck. On one hand, this is totally understandable. Many believe that PowerPoint…

Andreessen Horowitz' Benedict Evans reflects on mobile, Google / Apple / Facebook / Amazon, innovation, machine learning, computer vision, autonomous cars, mixed reality and crypto-currencies - and more, in this keynote delivered at the most recent annual…

Casey Winters, growth advisor in residence at Greylock Partners, explains the problems growth teams should prioritize and shares onboarding best practices.

I was in the lobby of “Donald Ventures” office on Sand Hill Road after I completed my 1:1 with “Raul,” the partner leading DV’s investment in our company. One of the associates at the fund walked by me, and said hello. I asked him how things were going, and…

“Tell me about your background,” I said to “Jim.” “John,” my co-founder who recommended Jim to me as our VP Engineering, and I were having lunch with Jim at Bucks. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] Bucks, for those of you…

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Your credibility and integrity can't be an issue when you're raising money. In this article, I'll share 7 tips to increase your credibility.

This is advice for people who have done scientific research at a university and
are considering starting a company to commercialize it.

At YC, we’ve funded more than 75 companies in this situation. We also recently
went on a Bio Tour [https://blog.ycombinator.com/yc…

Bestmap is an aggregator that includes urban mobility: metro, busses, bikes, e-scooters... suburban mobility: trains, coaches, ferries, flights and even rental cars!

A view of early stage venture financing in 2019, presented by Mar Hershenson, Founding Managing Partner of Pear VC.

You know the scene in The Social Network where Eduardo meets with Peter Theil’s attorney for the first time. The attorney casually mentions that Mark’s equity will be over 50% ownership, and Eduardo, sagely, says, “That’s good because Mark needs to be protected?”…

Whether you want more money, a better career opportunity, or a perfect culture, you need to ask these questions before you join a startup.