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Connecting the dots between VC + Startups + Purpose + Faith Jun 10, 2024

Founders โ€” I found a way to ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ between

โ†’ VC
โ†’ Startups
โ†’ Purpose
โ†’ Faith

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—œ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.

โ†’ The faith part (faith + purpose)
โ†’ The entrepreneurial part (startups + VC)

๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€.

โ†’ My faith friends
โ†’ My entrepreneur friends

But t...

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Founders - The Impact of a Disorganized Cap Table ๐Ÿšฉ Jun 06, 2024

Founders - The Impact of a Disorganized Cap Table ๐Ÿšฉ

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

๐Ÿšซ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: Previous founders who have left but still retain equit...

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Getting in front of investors. Jun 05, 2024

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

โ†’ย It's not sending cold DMs

โ†’ย It's not sending cold emails

โ†’ย It's not attending every Startup & VC event

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

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The startup ecosystem is broken. Jun 04, 2024

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,ย less than 0.05%ย of startups seeking funding โ€” get it.

But for those who do,ย 70% still fail.

That's broken. Getti...

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Last week I took some advice from a stranger on LinkedIn May 30, 2024

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

We all need advice.ย 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...

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90% of founders fail because they fall into this trap. May 29, 2024

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

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

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

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

#1ย - The plan to raise VC

#2ย - The plan if you get funded

#3ย - The plan if you don't...

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Your VC Lingo Cheatsheet. May 28, 2024

Founders - If you're planning on raising VC, you need to learn the LINGO ๐Ÿ’ฐ

This is a great foundation...

๐‚๐š๐ฉ ๐“๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž: Ownership structure of a company with investor stakes.

๐ƒ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Reduction in existing investor ownership due to new equity issuance.

๐„๐’๐Ž๐: Reserved shares for future employee comp...

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My #1 mistake as a 6x entrepreneur? May 24, 2024

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

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I've always had a love-hate relationship with venture capital. May 23, 2024

Founders, if you were a VCย ย 

โ†’ Name 3 things you would change?ย 

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

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

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

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The Secret: TDR May 21, 2024

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

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

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

I had st...

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It's time to have the baby. May 20, 2024

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

It's time to have the baby.ย 

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

Kingdom entrepreneurs, faith-driven fou...

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Read it for yourself! May 18, 2024

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

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

Theย worst and most popular wayย is to allow someone else to read it for you โ€” and then tell you what it means,ย and what to believe.ย 

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

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