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Scott Kupor​ is a former managing partner at ​Andreessen Horowitz​, one of Silicon Valley’s most influential VC firms. A successful entrepreneur, lecturer, and exec at HP and Opsware, he’s overseen bi...

David S. Rose​ is a serial entrepreneur, founder of ​Gust​, New York Angels, and USREM, with over four decades of investing in more than 120 startups. He’s famously known as “New York’s Archangel” and...

Brad Feld​ is a co-founder of ​Foundry Group​ and ​Techstars​, and has been a key figure in the startup world for decades. He launched his first company in 1987 and later became an early investor in c...

Most investors will check out your website before taking a meeting, or even before they accept your connection request on LinkedIn. It’s often their first impression of you, so you should make sure yo...

Mark Cuban co-founded Broadcast.com and sold it to ​Yahoo!​ for $5.7 billion in 1999. He is an investor in numerous companies, and is known for his appearance on *Shark Tank” and ownership of the Dall...

It can be challenging to know where to begin if you have a few connections or are just getting started on LinkedIn. 

Here are strategies you can use to build your network to start creating meaningful...

 Alexis Ohanian​ started ​Reddit​ in 2005 with his college friend Steve Huffman. They built it as a simple website where people could share links and vote on what was interesting. After getting $12,00...

The best way to connect with investors is to get a warm introduction. The problem is that almost all founders exhaust their personal network before they can complete their funding round. Even found...

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Many founders aren't aware of some of the pitfalls that await them when pitching VCs, especially the bigger ones, especially now.

Consider the following:

1. VCs want a bigger exit than the founding t...

Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, was the CEO of Y Combinator, and has personally invested in some of Silicon Valley's greatest companies, such as Stripe, Airbnb, Reddit, Instacart, D...