Betting on People: What VCs Look for at the Pre-Seed Stage
Pre-seed investing is fundamentally a bet on people, not just ideas.
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Weekly FIRGUN Newsletter – June 6 2025
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Weekly Firgun Newsletter – May 23 2025
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Big Funding Does Not Equal Guaranteed Success
Why Startups Should Stay Focused, Even With Millions in the Bank
Building a Startup in the Age of AI: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t
There are companies we don’t even know, haven’t been started yet, their names aren’t known, might be extraordinarily big winners in the AI thing. AI is a much bigger landscape, opportunity landscape, than all the previous technologies we have known…
Nano Unicorns in the Making
Until recently, the thought of scaling a company to $100 million in revenue meant building a BIG company with lots of employees. Rows of engineers, endless layers of middle managers, a large sales department and org charts that resembled a…
Founders need to adjust to longer cycles between rounds
“Founders, heads up – if you’re planning to raise a VC round every 18 months, you’re planning to fail these days.” Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta The venture capital landscape has shifted. The rapid-fire funding rounds of the…
AI Frenzy Fuels Biggest US VC Investment Surge Since 2021
The AI boom is back, but venture as we knew it, might be forever changed.
Weekly FIRGUN Newsletter – March 7 2025
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Weekly Firgun Newsletter – February 28, 2025
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