ShowMeDamani
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An Investor, Entrepreneur and Diver. As a door to door salesman, my journey of knocking on over 100,000 homes, 20,000 businesses, recruiting & training 1000s of sales agents, seriously influenced my outlook towards consumer psychology, marketing & entrepreneurship. Today, I employ the hard-earned lessons of selling energy contracts on the streets of Texas, Illinois, New York, etc. to help..
ShowMeDamani
2y ago
I’ve written a lot about the fundraising process. Of late (however), I have begun advising founders to pull the plug on their fundraise. It is an emotionally sensitive topic for founders. It requires you to acknowledge the failure of a ..read more
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2y ago
Every Monday, I sit with my team to review the funding activity of the previous week. Then, I pick out a few companies that I would have loved to invest in or find founders doing similar things from that list ..read more
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2y ago
I got COVID last week, it felt like a nasty strain of flu, and after 5 days, I was at full strength, back to my normal levels of stamina. Even when we look at numbers globally, the time has come ..read more
ShowMeDamani
2y ago
Every Monday, I sit with my team to review the funding activity of the previous week. Then, I pick out a few companies that I would have loved to invest in or find founders doing similar things from that list ..read more
ShowMeDamani
2y ago
Every Monday, I sit with my team to review the funding activity of the previous week. Then, I pick out a few companies that I would have loved to invest in or find founders doing similar things from that list. Here ..read more
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2y ago
A common observation made by fund managers, limited partners, and (interestingly) journalists on the 2 year-long startup boom is the speed of some of these deal closures – primarily by skimping (or skipping) due diligence on deals before investing. I ..read more
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2y ago
Behind every successful fundraise is a strong narrative. That is the honest answer to a question that investors repeatedly ask when they get bewildered by sky-high valuation and moonshot venture ideas. However, the founder’s ability to weave a strong narrative about their venture elevates its valuation from being based on its fundamental ..read more
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2y ago
I believe that founders are super-humans. Founders take an incredible financial, emotional, mental, and (unfortunately) health risk to create the change that they want to see in the world. They must display a great belief in the incredible while consistently staring at the inevitable. They must wear so many faces that they may not even ..read more
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2y ago
There is an old saying in sales, “The worst salespeople are the best interviewers”. However, this saying is even more applicable for sales managers, especially those with 2-3 decades of selling experience, for different organizations. They can be detrimental to your start-ups’ sales efforts. The best sales managers are too valuable for ..read more
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2y ago
Every Monday, I review the funding activity of the previous week and pick three favorites. This week, I picked Tech plays as my favorites ..read more