wilschroter

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by wilschroter 2y ago
This became one of the top 10 posts of all time on the /r/startups thread in 24 hours so I figured it might interest the community here.
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I had a VC-Funded Unicorn-in-the-Making and I Fucked it up(old.reddit.com)
4 points by wilschroter 2y ago|1 comments
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by wilschroter 11y ago
I don't think Google would benefit from a YC-style approach. Google can afford to buy the winners because they have mountains of cash. They also can only invest the time in companies that have significant upside because the numbers t
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by wilschroter 11y ago
This is Wil Schroter @ Startups.co. I was a customer like many who got the same email and was disappointed. This is a great company that made some bad moves. I'm not defending that. But I will tell you - it is still a great busines
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by wilschroter 11y ago
Sorta feel like there needs to be more teeth to this than simply guidelines based. @SamA what more "severe" approaches did you consider and why did you decide they wouldn't work? This is a difficult challenge.
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by wilschroter 12y ago
There's not.
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by wilschroter 12y ago
It's taken.
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Why Aren't Investors Calling You Back?(forbes.com)
1 points by wilschroter 13y ago|0 comments
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Top 20 Startup Hotspots Globally(fundable.com)
1 points by wilschroter 13y ago|0 comments
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Why Investors Don't Sign NDAs(forbes.com)
1 points by wilschroter 13y ago|0 comments
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3 Red Flags to Avoid When Pitching Investors(forbes.com)
1 points by wilschroter 13y ago|0 comments
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by wilschroter 13y ago
If you get over your toes in operating capital it can absolutely happen. Think about a low margin business where most of the money just flows right back in operating costs. You only need a few months of mistakes to be in serious trouble.
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How to Deal with Startup Failure (Reload)(forbes.com)
3 points by wilschroter 13y ago|2 comments
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by wilschroter 13y ago
@superplussed. I've played with both. My diet isn't awesome, and never has been, so I'm sure that doesn't help. But if I could choose being more focused or giving up chocolate Pop-Tarts, I'm at a point in life where I'm just going to enj
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by wilschroter 13y ago
@mortdeus - I'm not saying for a moment I wouldn't prefer more concentration. I would also prefer to be 6" taller, have 20 more points on my IQ, and be attractive to women. But life gives you what it gives you.
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by wilschroter 13y ago
The first one does $2 billion and has 13,000 employees now, so it worked out OK. Blue Diesel which became Ventiv - public, now private.
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by wilschroter 13y ago
Just shot you an email. Happy to share/help.
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by wilschroter 13y ago
(author here). The first 18 years of my life, particularly in school, were dreadfully plagued by ADD. I graduated at the bottom of my class in high school, went to summer school year after year, and was generally considered an awful stude
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by wilschroter 14y ago
Congrats team. Very few people every make it to the finish line of an exit, and for those that do, you inspire the rest!
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by wilschroter 14y ago
Given direct access to the most powerful person in the world, people on Reddit still act no differently. Yay consistency.
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by wilschroter 14y ago
Let's first agree that none of us knows. What if he did NOT profit? What if he lost millions of his own personal net worth? Would you consider him the opposite of a bastard? There are very few instances where a company takes a complete he
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by wilschroter 14y ago
Last week at this time it was popular to pile on Onlive's CEO to say "he fired everyone and stole the company!". No one asked why he did it. The common thread was "he was greedy!" That really pisses me off. We come to find out a week la
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Coco Controller Cancels Crowdfund(kickstarter.com)
1 points by wilschroter 14y ago|0 comments
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Watch Everything in 3-D? Here’s How One Inventor Is Making it Possible(pandodaily.com)
5 points by wilschroter 14y ago|6 comments
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by wilschroter 14y ago
For as many sales that exist behind closed doors with b/s valuations, here's a few guys who used standard metrics (sales, gasp!) for valuing their company and made multiple attempts to sell it properly. How about this? Nice job guys. Cong
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by wilschroter 14y ago
Until wireless earbuds show up, this is my solution.
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by wilschroter 14y ago
None of these evolutions in funding happen in a vacuum. There will be new structures to accommodate crowdfunding investors as well as basic provisions. Remember too that VC's fund an incredibly small number of early stage deals compared to
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by wilschroter 14y ago
This topic seems to get re-hashed every few weeks on HN. Sort of getting tired of hearing about it.
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by wilschroter 14y ago
I think this advice is useful in just about all times.
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by wilschroter 14y ago
Met Mike during a pitch @ Sequoia 10 years ago. Within 5 seconds he understood our business better than we did. You just don't find that.

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