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FOUNDERS ISSUE #57: FOUNTER BOOK LIST

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #56: CARTA’S SHINING MOMENT

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #55: THE DATA ROOM STRATEGY

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #54: LANGUAGE-MARKET FIT

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #53: HOW MUCH SHOULD A FOUNTER PAY THEMSELVES

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #52: WHY STARTUPS SHOULD START A NEWSLETTER

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #51: MASTER THE WARM INTRO USING THUNDER

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #50: DON’T#BFEQR THE DON ROUND

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #49: MAKING OF A UNICORN FOUNDER

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #48: VENTURE FACTORING LOANS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #47 WHAT ARE VENTURE TERM LOANS?

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #46: CONVERTYBLE VENTURE DEBT

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #45: FAMILY OFFICES – THE HIDDEN INVESTORS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #44: TELLING THE HARD TRUTH

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #43: FOUNDER RED FLAGS PART 2

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #42: FOUNDER RED FLAGS PART 1

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #41: WARM UP THE COLD EMAIL PART 2

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #40: WARM UP THE COLD EMAIL SUBJECT LINE

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #39: ZOOM PAST ZOOM: YOU NEED REAL-LIFE MEETINGS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #38: DEALING WITH FAKE INVESTORS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #37: TOOLS FOR FINANCIAL MODELLING

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #36: BUILDING ATTRACTIVE FINANCIAL MODELS FOR VCS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #35: VENTURE-MARKET FIT BEFORE PRODUCT-MARKET FIT

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #34: THE JOCKEY, HORSE, AND RACE

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #33: PRE-SELLING TO SUCCESS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #32: DATA-DRIVEN SUCCESS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #31: REMOTE WORKERS – DO THEY REALLY WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER?

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #30: USING KPIS TO TELL A STORY

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #29: PROTECTING THE CORE OF YOUR STARTUP – THE IP

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #28: FUNDRAISING DEMYSTIFIED

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #27: CASH IN WITHOUT SELLING OUT

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #26: AVOIDKNG FOUNDER BURNOUT

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #25: BUILDING POWERFUL HABITS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #24: NEWCHIP’S FALL AND CHOOSING AN ACCELERATOR

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #23: WINNING THE TECH TALENT WAR

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #22: WHAT IS VENTURE DEBT AND IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #21: QUESTIONS TO ASK VCS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #20: OUTSOURCING HR

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #19: STARTUP TAXES

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #18: HOW TO NEGOTIATE TERM SHEETS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #17: IS CROWDFUNDING RIGHT FOR YOU?

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #16: BEHIND THE SCENES OF THUNDER’S AI

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #15: GET VCS TO REACH OUT TO YOU USING PR

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #14: GET THE RIGHT PR, OR NO ONE WILL HEAR YOU

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Ki Tisa: Power of Individual vs. Power of Masses

Thesis: Judaism focuses on the power of the individual instead of the power of the masses Question: Why is it so dangerous to count the Jews? Answer: By counting Jews we symbolize that we only have...

FOUNDERS ISSUE #13: STOP MEASURING THE TRACTION WRONG METRICS!

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #12: FUNDRAISING SUCKS! WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE IT BETTER

Terumah: Keruvim As Friends With Opposing Views

Thesis: we need to be friends with people who have apposing opinions to fully understand the Torah. Question: Why would Hashem want Keruvim on the Aron? Answer: The Keruvim show us that we need to ...

FOUNDERS ISSUE #11: SHOULD YOU PRIORITIZE AI TO RAISE MONEY?

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #10: VC PORTFOLIO CONSTRUCTION

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #9: BUILDING IN PUBLIC

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Beshalach: Uncertainty in the Desert

Thesis: The Ma’an was Hashem’s way showing the Jews that it is ok to live with uncertainty. Question: Why does the Torah stress the fact that the Jews complained about the Ma’an in the desert? Answ...

Shemos: Recognizing the Less Fortunate

Thesis: Moshe’s defining characteristic was overcoming his natural inclination and recognizing people much less fortunate than himself. Question: Why was Moshe rewarded for noticing the bush – anyon...

FOUNDERS ISSUE #8: NEW YEAR/DECKS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #7: HOLIDAYS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #6 STONKS EDITION

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Vayishlach 2022: Ya’akov’s Name – How to Overcome Internal Struggles

Parshas Vayishlach: Ya'akov's name How to Overcome Internal Struggles Thesis: Overcoming internal struggles can feel painful, it is still a source of personal blessing. Question: Why did the...

FOUNDERS ISSUE #5: HOW TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS WHILE FUNDRAISINF!

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #4: HOW TO PITCH INVESTORS

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #3: HOW TO DETERMINE MARKET SIZE

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FOUNDERS ISSUE #2: HOW TO WRITE AN INVESTOR UPDATE

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Vayera: Serving in the Present

Thesis: serving God is about what you are doing now, not the end goal Question: why does Hashem use lech lecha for the first and last test Answer: to show that serving him is not about where you are...

FOUNDERS ISSUE #1: SHOULD YOU BE RAISING RIGHT NOW?

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Noach: Standing For What You Believe

T let the days allowed them be one hundred and twenty years.” Moshe is hinted to really at the end of last wek
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Yom Kippur Pre-Ne’ilah: Hashem Knocking on the Door (Rav Amital)

Let’s be frank. We’ve been here many, many times – myself included. The Rabbi gets up right before ne’ila and talks about how the gates are about to close. Well, there’s good news. This year they aren...

Yom Kippur – Iceland

T it is a law for all time. There are 5 inuyim on Yom Kippur – 1 eating & drinking, 2 leather shoes 3 marital relations, 4 washing, and 5 using lotions. Some would add a 6th one – sitting in shul al...

Erev Yom Kippur – Davening Together

It was the coldest winter ever and many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. They huddled up close together and shared the...

Rosh Hashana – Shofar as the Cycle of Religiosity

Thesis: We have the ability to coronate Hashem in both our state of completeness as well as when we are broken. Question: Why only use the Shofar and not the trumpets? Answer: the Shi}‗•‛ׇ֕ ...

Chukkas: Thanfulness as a Cure

Good Shabbos everyone! This is what they call being tossed into the deep end. So than kou all for having bare with me. In Parshas Chukas the Jews are finally travelling to the land of Israel and agai...

Behaloscha: Difficulty of Transition

Good Shabbos! Thank you to Rabbi Weissman for inviting me, to the board and to The entire community. Both Sarah and I have felt the extremely warm welcome that the Plainview community is known for. Iâ...

The Impact of Future Thinking on Financial Risk Taking

This paper was written as my honors thesis at Yfte University. You can view it on Yeshiva University Library’s website using this link: Yeshiva Academic Institutional Repository ...

Tazriaya-Metzorah: Sympathize With All Suffering

Thesis: We have an obligation to sympathize with all suffering – even deserved punishment. Question: Why would the Torah want us to daven for the metzorah when they deserved their punishment? Answe...

Va’era: Hitting the Frog – Intentional Blindness

Thesis: We ignore important details that are in front of us all too often. Question: How could the Egyptians keep hitting the frog? How could the Jews ignore Moshe? Answer: They were intentionally...

GameStop: The Real Story

The headlines in January 2021 were flooded with stories of GameStop GME stock soaring from $20 to $350, and then back down to below $50. Many in different fields seemed involved one way or another: Wa...

Complexities of Investing in China

What makes the great investors stand out is their ability to move their money into growing markets before everyone else realizes the potential. Over the past year the political and economic relationsh...

Can the FED Control Inflation?

The cost of living has been increasing over the past year and most people have started to notice. Just in June, the Consumer Price Index CPI jumped to an annual rate of 5.4%,https://www.wsj.com/articl...

COVID-19 Rocks Risk Management

Risk carries many definitions. Sometimes it is referred to as the chance of losing money while other times it is seen as the chance that the actual outcome will be different from the expected outcome....

Market Confusion on All Sides

!frankfurt, main, skyline4945405.jpghttps://toviyaslager.com/wpcontent/uploads/2023/11/frankfurtmainskyline4945405e17013719744311024x377.jpg The weeks between the end of February to the end ...

Vzos Habracha: Cycle of Humanity from Birth to Perfection

Vzot HaBracha is a very peculiar parsha in that it isn’t read on a shabbat. Simchat Torah was instituted on Shemini Atzeret since Chazal said the day is for “Venismecha Bach – Bach u’Vetoratcha”, rejo...

Shabbatai Zevi: The Rise and Fall of a Pseudo-Messiah

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At Least They Tried: Why the Dutch Failed to Save Their Jews During World War II

This paper was written for the History Day Competition in 2014. The theme of the year was “Rights and Responsibilities”. My paper won 2nd place in Minnesota and competed at the national level. ...

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