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fromFortune
1 day ago

'I had to take 60 meetings': Jeff Bezos says 'the hardest thing I've ever done' was raising the first million dollars of seed capital for Amazon | Fortune

Jeff Bezos raised Amazon's first seed round after 60 meetings, securing about 20 investors who each invested roughly $50,000 for 20% of the company.
fromBusiness Insider
4 weeks ago

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff champions hard work, warns money can 'drive your life'

For aspiring entrepreneurs, he said the key lesson from his career is the vital importance of "resilience, grit, hard work, and working on something that matters." Siminoff said that nobody knows how AI will reshape the world, but young people's best shot is to pursue a passion and work hard, as he expects there will still be jobs in five years for people who are "great at things."
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fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Reid Hoffman asks founders to seek out his negative references before letting him invest

An investor requires founders to vet his background and contact both positive and negative references before accepting his investment.
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fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups | TechCrunch

Gabriel Jarrosson invests exclusively in Y Combinator alumni, believing YC's higher unicorn and Series A rates justify paying premium valuations.
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fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

Robinhood plans to launch a startups fund open to all retail investors | TechCrunch

Robinhood filed to launch a publicly traded closed-end fund to let retail investors buy startup shares before those companies go public.
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