A Leap of Faith

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The Myth of the "A Player"

Take the Armchair Board Member Test

What if the OpenAI board was right?

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Cap Tables Explained

Is there a problem with options?

What if Convertibles Do Not Convert?

Visualizing Cap Tables (Without Math)

Safes and Convertible Notes

Understanding Angel Investors

What does it mean to be a shareholder?

V2 of the Founder Equity Split Template

10 Reasons Not to Be an Entrepreneur

Stop pitching and start figuring out why you're special.

Repetition is Sexy

18 AI Pitch Deck Tools Reviewed

Do you really understand runway and burn rate?

What's Your Disruption?

Startup Projections Wrap Up

Projection Canvas: Examples and Spreadsheet Models

The Projection Canvas

Our Love/Hate Relationship with Projections

Swagger.vc, The Venture Capital Game

Building a Venture Capital Board Game

50 Ideas to Kickstart Your Pitch

Cheatsheet #3: How to Pitch Breakthroughs

Cheatsheet #2: Pitching a new market

Cheatsheet #1: Pitching a new behavior

How to tell disruptive stories, the Piggly Wiggly way

So a billionaire walks into a McDonald's (but he's not their ideal customer)...

Building a startup in a downturn

A template for founder equity splits

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