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Ho Nam (@honam):
“The blockbusters are oftentimes the ‘ugly ducklings.’ Cisco is probably the best example in the VC world. Everyone passed except for Sequoia. In the book world, almost everyone passed on JK Rowling.
“It’s just hard to predict the future looking into the rear-view mirror, yet everyone wants to pile onto the brand names [VCs] [...]

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Thanks to FastIgnite, a startup advisory firm, for sponsoring Venture Hacks this month. This post is by Simeon Simeonov, the firm’s founder and CEO (and formerly a partner at Polaris Ventures). If you like it, check out Sim’s blog and tweets @simeons. – Nivi
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.”
Niels Bohr, [...]

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Thanks to Atlas Venture for supporting Venture Hacks this month. This post is by Fred Destin, one of Atlas’ general partners. If you like it, check out Fred’s blog and tweets @fdestin. And if you want an intro to Atlas, send me an email. I’ll put you in touch if there’s a fit. Thanks. [...]

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“Spend every dollar as if it were your last.”
– Sequoia Capital
“A business plan that doesn’t require a wonderful economic environment in order to succeed… is a good idea all the time.”
– Marc Andreessen
Summary: In good times and bad, startups should be asking themselves the same questions: (1) What’s our runway? (2) What experiments are we [...]

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Yesterday, I was brainstorming a list of things-to-do with an entrepreneur who is getting ready to sign a term sheet.
After searching through the Venture Hacks archives, I realized one of our posts already covers it: How much diligence should we do before signing a term sheet? I think that post mostly stands the test of [...]

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