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June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020

Startup Growth Blog: Trust Starts at 100% and Goes Down

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By Elizabeth Yin, former Partner, 500 Startups, and General Partner, Hustle Fund Investors (especially those who have been in the game for a little bit) are jaded. Winning over investors is not just about showing traction/progress (although that...

June 18, 2020

June 18, 2020

Startup Growth Blog: Raise for Milestones, Not Runway

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By Tim Chae, General Partner, 500 Startups The most common thing founders are taught about fundraising is that they should raise for 18-24 months of runway (while “adjusting for increase in headcount, etc.”). That’s the advice you should take if ...

June 10, 2020

June 10, 2020

Startup Growth Blog: 11 Reasons We Didn’t Invest in Your Company

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Fundraising for startups is never easy. One of the many difficulties is hearing a lot of no’s from investors. Very often, they don’t even share the reasons why. If you have ever been in such a situation, this blog post by Phil Nadel, co-founder an...

May 23, 2020

May 23, 2020

Startup Growth Blog: AARRR Funnel for Startups

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Successful startup founders start by understanding their customer journey through which a visitor becomes a paying customer. They can do this by using the AARRR Funnel developed by Dave McClure, investor and founding partner of 500 Startups. In th...

March 08, 2020

March 08, 2020

Nhu Tran: Quality Education Delivered To Every Home

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“Education is the only way for us to get out of hardship,” Nhu’s father explained repeatedly when dropping her off at school every morning. He did so rain or shine despite having to run all over the city to sell construction equipment. A desire to...

February 14, 2020

February 14, 2020

In Memoriam: Thuy Truong

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Dear all, This is a pause in our regular monthly newsletter to remember Thuy Truong, once covered by BBC News as “Vietnam’s startup queen”, who passed away on January 24, 2020 at age 34. "Thuy Muoi" ("Salty Thuy"), a serial entrepreneur, bec...

October 25, 2019

October 25, 2019

Tuan Trinh: Zen and the Art of E-Commerce Recommendation

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Plummeting three stories and suffering serious injuries to one’s leg, arm, and back could never be considered a positive event, but some people are able to bounce back from such an experience and emerge a better person. That’s what happened for Tu...

July 22, 2019

July 22, 2019

Mike Villar wants to put romance back into advertising

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A battle-hardened marketing veteran, Villar wants you to practice constraint. “Relationships escalate one step at a time. Selling without a story is like asking someone to marry you on a first date,” he told the dozen startup employees going throu...