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The Value of Choosing San Francisco as a First-Time Founder
People need to understand why keeping your small founding team all together in the Bay Area is the best thing you can do to give your company the chance…
Massimo Sgrelli
14 hr ago
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Be Ready to Get Your Seed Stage Valuation Cut by 50%
Something changed over the last few months, and founders have to deal with that. 2020-2021 will not come back easily; it was an anomaly that comes once…
Massimo Sgrelli
Jun 15
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1Q22 in Startupland: Is the Seed Stage Valuation Slowdown Happening?
Everybody “knows” that the global conjuncture and public market performance are determining a slowdown in the US startup market. But, is it true? A…
Massimo Sgrelli
May 25
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Why WoW Growth Is So Critical to Close Your First Round
A startup is about growth, that's what Paul Graham used to say in one of his iconic essays. Let's see how much important growth is when you move your…
Massimo Sgrelli
May 11
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Nail Your Cold Email with Lombardstreet Ventures
Probably not the best way to reach out to a VC, but if you want to be effective in writing a cold email to Lombardstreet Ventures, here is what we…
Massimo Sgrelli
May 4
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AngelList Stack: an all-in-one toolbox to start your company
We talked about it with Sunil Pai, partner at AngelList, to better understand all the possibilities of this new "toolbox" that makes founders' life more…
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Massimo Sgrelli
Feb 27
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How to Get a Check Signed from Lombardstreet Ventures in a Few Hours
Lombardstreet Ventures' new fund is active on the market since March 2021 looking for Seed-Stage companies to invest in. We made 19 new investments in…
Massimo Sgrelli
Jan 19
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Andy Su, Pry CEO, Talks About Fundraising Dynamics During YC batches
Listen now (26 min) | Irene Mingozzi interviewed Pry CEO to go deeper into the fundraising process while attending a YC batch. Andy did it twice: in…
Massimo Sgrelli
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Sep 21, 2021
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FlutterFlow CEO talks about his experience with Y Combinator W21 batch
Listen now (24 min) | The unusual story about how they got admitted to the YC batch from FlutterFlow CEO Abel Mengistu.
Massimo Sgrelli
Jun 29, 2021
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What Startups I Would Like To Bet In 2021
Emerging trends and how in 2021, we might build a better normal.
Massimo Sgrelli
Jan 11, 2021
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Reaching ramen profitability: the Airbnbs
Airbnb is all the rage these days. It’s interesting to read this brief article by Paul Graham about the company's beginning and come back to the…
Massimo Sgrelli
Dec 12, 2020
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Does the Bay Area Still exist?
Hey everyone, It’s been a while since my last post on The Valley, but during the last couple of months, I’ve been swamped. Life in Palo Alto (wh…
Massimo Sgrelli
Nov 16, 2020
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