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Founders — I found a way to 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘁𝘀 between

→ VC
→ Startups
→ Purpose
→ Faith

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗜 𝗸𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲.

→ The faith part (faith + purpose)
→ The entrepreneurial part (startups + VC)

𝗜 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀.

→ My faith friends
→ My entrepreneur friends

But t...

Founders - The Impact of a Disorganized Cap Table 🚩

Managing your cap table is a crucial but often overlooked aspect of being a founder. Proper bookkeeping here is essential. Common issues with poorly managed cap tables include:

🚫 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆: Previous founders who have left but still retain equit...

Founders, there's a better way to get in front of investors.

→ It's not sending cold DMs

→ It's not sending cold emails

→ It's not attending every Startup & VC event

That's what everyone else is doing without much success. Remember, only 0.05% of startup founders seeking VC actually get funded.

The startup ecosystem is broken.

Just look at the numbers.

90% of startups fail.

If you think getting funded will solve your problems, think again, the numbers say otherwise.

First, less than 0.05% of startups seeking funding — get it.

But for those who do, 70% still fail.

That's broken. Getti...

Last week I took some advice from a stranger on LinkedIn — My results shot up 2,540% in one day.

We all need advice. Some of the best is on LinkedIn.

I started investing time on LinkedIn a year ago to attract co-investors and the right startups for our venture studio.

(100% of our LPs and startup...

90% of founders fail because they fall into this trap.

The wishful-thinking trap. All idea, no plan.

You've heard the saying, "all hat no cattle".

Your deck is a pitch, not a plan. You need three vetted plans.

#1 - The plan to raise VC

#2 - The plan if you get funded

#3 - The plan if you don't...

Founders - If you're planning on raising VC, you need to learn the LINGO 💰

This is a great foundation...

𝐂𝐚𝐩 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞: Ownership structure of a company with investor stakes.

𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Reduction in existing investor ownership due to new equity issuance.

𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐏: Reserved shares for future employee comp...

My #1 mistake as a 6x entrepreneur? 
 
That I repeated three times. 
 
Shortcuts. 
 
Many times in my life, super rich guys have offered me dream opportunities to come join their thing. 
 
Three times I said yes. 
 
In my earlier days when I first entered into the venture studio space, I had a reputation for ...

Founders, if you were a VC  

→ Name 3 things you would change? 

I've always had a love-hate relationship with venture capital. 

Venture capitalists like to think they get to choose the winners and the losers. Too often there's a pungent air of elitism in the VC community. 

I'm in my 22nd year le...

After failing for 11 months, I started selling 1 million a month. Here's what changed. 

First, the answer was right in front of me the whole time. I could have done it day one, but I was solution-blind. 

I couldn't see the solution even though it was right in front of me the whole time. 

I had st...

When you talk to them they'll tell you they have a God-planted dream inside them. And many have been pregnant with this dream for far too long! 

It's time to have the baby. 

I've never seen so many faith-driven getting equipped to master entrepreneurship.  

Kingdom entrepreneurs, faith-driven fou...

The best way to understand God's Word is to read it.  

The best way to know God, is to read His Word for yourself. 

The worst and most popular way is to allow someone else to read it for you — and then tell you what it means, and what to believe. 

Can you imagine a relationship like that? If you ...