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How a former DeepMind researcher raised at a $300M pre-seed valuation before launching a product
Andrew Dai left Google DeepMind knowing visual AI was the frontier he wanted to stake his claim in.…
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Charles Hudson shares the common mistakes he’s seen after investing in 500+ startups
Charles Hudson has spent more than a decade investing in early-stage startups. As the founder and managing partner…
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Tools for founders to navigate and move past conflict
The stakes are high for any founding team, so conflict should be expected, even encouraged. However, company culture…
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When startups become a family business
This season on Build Mode, we’re diving into what it takes to build a world-class founding team. This week…
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How 1,000+ customer calls shaped a breakout enterprise AI startup
This isn’t David Park’s first rodeo. The veteran founder and TechCrunch Startup Battlefield alumnus has certainly been battle-tested in the enterprise arena. On…
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This VC’s best advice for building a founding team
One of the most consequential decisions early-stage founders have to make is who they will bring on as…
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GTMfund has rewritten the distribution playbook for the AI era
Building software products has never been easier, so why are so many well-funded startups failing to take off no matter…
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Building venture-backable companies in heavily regulated spaces
Building in regulated industries adds a massive hurdle to the already challenging journey of building a startup. And this week on Build Mode, Startup…
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The market has ‘switched’ and founders have the power now, VCs say
The way venture capitalists think about fund-raising can be a black box. But investors must think about their go-to-market strategy…
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Celebrity Co-Founders Not Required: Building Influence from Scratch
Alltroo co-founders Kyle Rudolph and Jon Walburg share how they transformed their pro-athlete star power into a fundraising…