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What is your investor actually trying to win in a term sheet negotiation?
Which terms your investor can actually change, which he can't, and exactly what to say to get the ones that matter.
Aug 18
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Sahil S
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Is your seed valuation actually about your startup or the fund’s math? | Can AI agents finally use computers well enough - a16z’s data shows…
What makes one AI startup worth 30x ARR and another 100x+? & More.
Aug 14
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Sahil S
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What should your AI spend actually be measured against?
Your AI bill looks like one number. It's actually three - Payroll-line, Productivity-line, and COGS-line and each one is being graded on a test the…
Aug 13
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Sahil S
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Before VCs invest, they’ll call your customers. But what do they really ask?
Most founders don't know this call is coming. The full question set, which customers never to put forward, and what protects the relationship if the…
Aug 11
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Sahil S
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Which layer of the AI Stack will capture the most value? | What did OpenAI learn from analysing 800,000+ work-related ChatGPT messages?
Chamath’s Six-Layer AI Investing Stack & 70% of startup employees walk away from their vested equity?
Aug 7
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Sahil S
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How do you build personal and business AI agents with Claude if you can't code?
A step-by-step guide to building your personal and business AI agents - all in one place. Two working agents in about an hour, with every prompt ready…
Aug 6
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Sahil S
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What does a VC really write in their internal notes after they reject you? (Most founders never see it).
Inside the record every fund keeps - how to decode the eight rejection sentences, what triggers a revisit, and how their system quietly updates on you.
Aug 4
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Sahil S
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July 2026
How is your seed valuation actually decided? (It has almost nothing to do with your company).
Three things set your number, and yours isn't one of them. The fund model behind "we're not there on valuation" and the check to run before every first…
Jul 30
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Sahil S
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What VCs are really asking AI founders during due diligence? (And what you're expected to show).
21 questions investors are asking that didn't exist 12 months ago - what a strong answer sounds like, and the file you're expected to open when they…
Jul 28
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Sahil S
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What does Y-Combinator want founders to build next? | What did 7,200 developers reveal about AI coding?
2021 venture funds underperforming? & Which companies are producing next unicorn founders?
Jul 24
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Sahil S
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How to get a warm intro to VC without a network? (The ranking system most founders don't know exists.)
Half the top 300 VC firms score your network in real time - before a partner ever replies. Here's how the ranking works, and how to build one from…
Jul 23
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Sahil S
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How to get investors interested months before you raise (with the exact emails that get replies).
Founders who keep investors updated before a raise are ~2× as likely to get the next check and most never start. The insider system for building…
Jul 21
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Sahil S
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