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Jul
Reading a Startup’s Financials: The Numbers That Actually Predict Survival
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Manav Gupta
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Most people analyze a young company's financial statements like a public-equity...
03
Jul
Stop Spraying Decks: How to Actually Find the Right VCs
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Manav Gupta
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Most founders treat fundraising like a numbers game and lose months to it. The...
03
Jul
Market Sizing for a Pitch Deck: The TAM Slide Investors Actually Read
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Manav Gupta
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Most TAM/SAM/SOM slides are theater — a big number borrowed from a report...
02
Jul
Your ESOP Is a Contract, Not a Spreadsheet: Setting Up an Option Pool Without the $3,000 Consultant
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Manav Gupta
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Most founders treat an employee option pool as a cap-table math problem. It...
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