This Week in Startups

ANGEL: Upfront’s Mark Suster on the power of alignment, setting reality, and raising capital | E1683

Feb 22, 2023

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Raising Capital and Building a Startup Is Always Better

02:18

Seed Investments Go Up 9x Between 2010 and 2022

02:36

How Do You Get in Your Swim Lanes?

01:43

Introduction

5min

Raising Capital and Building a Startup Is Always Better

2min

Why VCs Shouldn't Run a Startup in a Compressed Timeframe

4min

Seed Investments Go Up 9x Between 2010 and 2022

3min

Capital Allocator - You Have to Make Your Own Decisions

2min

I'll Deploy It Slowly

4min

Pre-New Vogue Slash Twist

4min

The Engines on Fire Are Losing Altitude

2min

How to Be Predictable in a Crisis

4min

10.

Late Stage Capital Markets Are Going Down So Much, Right?

6min

11.

How Do You Get in Your Swim Lanes?

2min

12.

Organize Your Startup Using Data Correctly

5min

13.

Are You the Sucker at the Table?

2min

14.

What the Fuck Are You Doing?

4min

15.

Are You Driven by a Mission?

2min

16.

Is There a Misalignment in Venture?

4min

17.

Is There a Conflict of Interest?

5min

18.

Are You Seeing Predatory Terms Coming Back?

5min

19.

Invest in Lines, Not Dots

2min

Jason is joined by Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures to cover raising capital in the early 2000s (1:22), aligning board members (21:19), the three variables VCs need to bet on (40:51), and so much more!

(0:00) Molly kicks off the show

(1:22) A recap of the previous 3 market cycles

(5:23) The hurdles founders will face starting a company in 2023

(6:55) Raising capital in the early 2000s

(9:15) LinkedIn Jobs - Go to https://linkedIn.com/angel and post your first job for free.

(10:37) Upfront’s strategy and changes to the market

(15:35) Misalignment of investors

(19:48) Prenuvo - Get $300 off a full-body MRI scan at https://prenuvo.com/twist

(21:19) Aligning of board members

(29:13) Setting reality as an investor/board member

(33:40) Cutting Burn & Mark’s decision framework

(39:23) Orgspace - Get $2000 of credits on pro plans with a 30-day free trial at https://orgspace.io/twist

(40:51) The 3 variables VCs need to bet on

(48:28) The power law and mission-aligned founders

(52:13) Feed the family money

(58:33) Company killers + Investing in lines not dots

FOLLOW Mark: https://twitter.com/msuster

FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood

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This Week in Startups

ANGEL: Upfront’s Mark Suster on the power of alignment, setting reality, and raising capital | E1683

Raising Capital and Building a Startup Is Always Better

Seed Investments Go Up 9x Between 2010 and 2022

How Do You Get in Your Swim Lanes?

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