You’ll Get Less Money in Your Winners

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You’ll Get Less Money in Your Winners

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Mar 23, 2020

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Always try to get your standard bite-size. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/winners

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Mar 23, 2020

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Naval on angel investing. David Sacks on scaling. On Twitter at @spearhead.

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Investing Takes Capital, Judgment and Dealflow: You need to raise money, develop judgment over time and gain access to the right deals. by Spearhead
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Being a Founder Your Entire Life Is a Tough Road: As the hits get bigger, it makes more sense to invest and a little less sense to start companies. by Spearhead
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Founders Backing Founders: Investing keeps founders sharp—and plugged into what the best startups are doing by Spearhead
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You Need a Brand to Get into Hot Deals: A brand is an authentic reputation you have with founders and investors by Spearhead
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How to Angel Invest: A new podcast for angels in technology hubs. by Spearhead
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Strong Opinions, Loosely Held: This is not investment advice; it’s just one unique approach to investing by Spearhead
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You're Living Inside the Gold Mine: There’s no better place to invest today than technology. by Spearhead
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IPOs Are for the Last Investors in Line: Financiers now come to Silicon Valley to invest in companies before they get to Wall Street. by Spearhead
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Be a Shadow Co-Founder: Create your own dealflow by helping companies get started by Spearhead
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Living in a Tech Hub Is Half the Battle: It’s a gold rush era in technology hubs like Silicon Valley. by Spearhead
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My Original Brand Was in Growth Hacking: I pitched growth hacking to Twitter; they passed on it—but they let me invest. by Spearhead
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You Can’t Build a Brand by Aping Someone Else: The airwaves are too crowded for undifferentiated content and distribution. by Spearhead
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Don’t Build a Brand in a Narrow Vertical: If the market never shows up or shows up late, your brand is shot by Spearhead
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There’s Very Little Innovation in Venture Capital: You have to be willing to do something that hasn’t been done before. by Spearhead
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Repeat Founders Don’t Really Want to Start Over From Scratch: Test repeat founders for passion by Spearhead
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Everybody Thinks They Have Good Judgment: It takes years to know if you have good judgment by Spearhead
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Don’t Let Deals Pass on You: Most returns come from a few deals—don’t let them pass on you. by Spearhead
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Judgment Gives You the Winning Lottery Numbers: But you still need a portfolio effect to be successful by Spearhead
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Don’t Fantasize About What You Would Do If You Were the Founder: You're not running the company—you’re betting on the founder by Spearhead
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Pivots Mean Your People Judgment Really Matters: Bets on seed-stage startups are bets on founders by Spearhead
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Your Reputation Is Built by the Companies That Are Doing Poorly: Don’t invest so much that you’ll behave badly when things get rough by Spearhead
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The Best Deals Come from Your Network: Branch out from there after you’ve built your reputation by Spearhead
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Judgment Is the Work You Do Before a Deal Arrives: Over time you’ll need less data to assess a deal by Spearhead
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You’re Not Investing in Nice People: Invest in people with high energy, intelligence and integrity by Spearhead
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Judgment Requires a Willingness to Be Unpopular: Groupthink leads to poor judgment by Spearhead
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Be Non-Consensus Right: You have to work from first principles and make up your own mind by Spearhead
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Invest in the Smartest Scientists in a New Field: You’re not going to become a great tech investor by reading TechCrunch by Spearhead
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You’ll Get Less Money in Your Winners: Always try to get your standard bite-size by Spearhead
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Are Good Investors Piling in the Round with You?: It’s a sign of good judgment when proven investors pile into the round by Spearhead
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Invest Only in Technical Teams by Spearhead
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