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Becoming Your Future Self
In my five years as a VC, I’ve worked closely with the founders of 50+ companies. Many of these companies have grown headcount substantially since I…
Leo Polovets
Dec 1, 2017
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Notes from Priceonomics' 2017 Content Marketing Conference
I’ve been a fan of Priceonomics for a long time. They publish thoughtful, data-heavy content and they’ve written some fun books. This post is a…
Leo Polovets
Nov 22, 2017
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When is a Dollar not a Dollar?
“All dollars are equal, but some dollars are more equal than others.” - George Orwell’s imaginary capitalist twin In my college economics class, I was…
Leo Polovets
Oct 12, 2017
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Behind the Scenes at a VC Fund, Part 3: Fund Structure, Fundraising, Investor Relations, and FAQs
VCs have 3 principal jobs: picking startups to invest in, helping startups after investing, and raising capital for investing. Each of these jobs will…
Leo Polovets
Sep 6, 2017
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Behind the Scenes at a VC Fund, Part 3: Fund Structure, Fundraising, Investor Relations, and FAQs
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Behind the Scenes at a VC Fund, Part 2: Helping Founders and Time Allocation
VCs have 3 principal jobs: picking startups to invest in, helping startups after investing, and raising capital for investing. Each of these jobs will…
Leo Polovets
Aug 27, 2017
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Behind the Scenes at a VC Fund, Part 2: Helping Founders and Time Allocation
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Behind the Scenes at a VC Fund, Part 1: Deals, Deals, Deals
My fund, Susa Ventures, just added Natalie Dillon to our team. She’s our first-ever investment team hire and we’re very excited to work with her. While…
Leo Polovets
Aug 16, 2017
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De-Risking Your Startup (SaaStr 2017 Talk)
This page contains info on a 15-minute talk I gave at the SaaStr conference called “De-Risking Your Startup.” Slides De-Risking Your Startup -- SaaStr…
Leo Polovets
Feb 11, 2017
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Three Mathematical Models for Building a More Valuable Company
“All models are wrong, but some are useful.” - George E. P. Box It’s very hard, maybe impossible, to create a mathematical model that describes how to…
Leo Polovets
Jan 20, 2017
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Tit-For-Tat Office Hours with a Seed-Stage VC
For a while now, I’ve wanted to try holding office hours. I’ve been a big beneficiary of Silicon Valley’s pay-it-forward culture, and I’d love to play a…
Leo Polovets
Dec 23, 2016
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How to Use Thought Experiments to De-Risk Your Startup
“In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower In the early days of…
Leo Polovets
Dec 15, 2016
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How to De-Risk a Startup
In a previous post, I wrote that startups are collections of risks, and that the best way to make progress on a company (and to get higher valuations…
Leo Polovets
Oct 27, 2016
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Startup Cargo Cults: What They Are and How to Avoid Them
“In the South Seas there is a Cargo Cult of people. During the war they saw airplanes land with lots of good materials, and they want the same thing to…
Leo Polovets
Sep 28, 2016
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Startup Cargo Cults: What They Are and How to Avoid Them
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