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This podcast will give you insights into how to become great at angel investing. Spearhead is a program that funds and mentors founders so they can start angel investing. To learn more go to spearhead.co or follow @HelloSpearhead on Twitter.

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Rapidly Growing Valuations Shouldn’t Scare You Off

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 0:53


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/rapid

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Reading Social Proof Is an Art Form

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 2:00


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/art  

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Social Proof Is a Valid Signal

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 1:30


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/social-proof  

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Ask About the Metrics They’re Not Showing You

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 1:06


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/metrics  

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It’s Easy to Exaggerate Early Traction

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 1:40


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/exaggerate

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Everything Is a Proxy for Traction

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 2:07


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/traction  

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Early Winners Don’t Always Make It to the Finish Line

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 1:14


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/finish  

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Invest in the First Credible Mover

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 1:17


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/credible  

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Monopolies Fall When Platforms Shift

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 2:14


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/platform  

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A Lot of Great Tech Businesses Are Natural Monopolies

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2020 1:27


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/monopolies  

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Great Companies Expand Their Markets

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 1:05


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/market  

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Invest in $0 Billion Companies

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 1:34


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/zero-billion  

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Invest in Pure Tech Companies

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 1:07


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/pure  

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Raising Money Without Any Product Is a Red Flag

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 1:36


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/pre-product  

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Product Is the Resume of the Team

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 1:53


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/product

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Expanding Fast vs. Dialing in the Model

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 2:10


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/expand  

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In PayPal’s Early Days, We Lost Money on Every Transaction

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 1:04


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/PayPal  

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Get the Operation Working at a Small Scale

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 2:08


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/small-scale

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‘Tech-Enabled’ Often Means Thin Margins

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 0:52


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/margins  

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Startups Didn’t Have to be Good at Accounting Until Software Ate the World

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 1:57


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/accounting  

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You Can’t Optimize Profits If There Are No Profits to Optimize

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 1:41


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/scale

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Negative Unit Economics Create the Illusion of Success

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 1:58


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/unit-economics  

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Startups Are Susceptible to ‘Happy Talk’

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 1:08


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/happy-talk  

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Mature Your Culture as You Grow

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 1:30


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/culture  

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Nobody Wants to Give a Founder Tough Love

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 2:31


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/tough-love  

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Founder Psychology Is at the Heart of Most Blitzfails

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 2:03


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/crazy  

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Culture Is a Macrocosm of the Founder’s Psychology

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 1:56


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/psychology

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Micro-Bubbles Are Constantly Building and Bursting

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 1:19


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/micro-bubble  

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‘High-Burn Startup Meets Macro-Shock’ Is a Recipe for Blitzfail

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2020 1:52


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/macro-shock  

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Moving Fast May Mean You're Not Really Moving at All

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 1:08


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/fast

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Startups Are a Race to Get to Scale

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 1:49


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/race  

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Blitzfail: Why Startups Go off the Rails

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 1:47


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/blitzfail  

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Repeat Founders Don’t Really Want to Start Over From Scratch

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 2:45


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/repeat  

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‘First-Time Founders’ Often Have Been Tinkering for Quite a While

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 1:49


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/repeat  

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Avoid Teams That Would Sell Early

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 1:23


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/early

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Founders Almost Can’t Be Referenced

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 2:14


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/references

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Your Reputation Is Built by the Companies That Are Doing Poorly

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 0:53


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/reputation

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Coachability Is Overrated

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 0:32


Transcript: http://spearhead.co/coachability

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You’re Not Investing in Nice People

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 2:39


Invest in people with high energy, intelligence and integrity.   Transcript: http://spearhead.co/nice

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Invest Only in Technical Teams

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 1:59


If there’s no technical team, you’re not investing in technology. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/technical

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Invest in the Smartest Scientists in a New Field

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 2:29


You’re not going to become a great tech investor by reading TechCrunch. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/scientists

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Don’t Fantasize About What You Would Do If You Were the Founder

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 1:09


You're not running the company—you’re betting on the founder. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/fantasize

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You’ll Get Less Money in Your Winners

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 2:07


Always try to get your standard bite-size. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/winners

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You Can Give Every Deal One Fatal Flaw

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 1:47


A startup that breaks all the rules won’t get anywhere. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/flaw

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The Best Deals Look Weird

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 2:31


If nobody thinks it looks weird, you’re making a consensus investment. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/weird

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Judgment Requires a Willingness to Be Unpopular

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 1:33


Groupthink leads to poor judgment. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/unpopular

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Are Good Investors Piling in the Round with You?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 1:49


It’s a sign of good judgment when proven investors pile into the round. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/pile

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Pivots Mean Your People Judgment Really Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 2:37


Bets on seed-stage startups are bets on founders. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/pivots

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Judgment Is the Work You Do Before a Deal Arrives

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 1:37


Over time you’ll need less data to assess a deal. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/preparation

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Judgment Gives You the Winning Lottery Numbers

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 2:19


But you still need a portfolio effect to be successful. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/lottery

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Everybody Thinks They Have Good Judgment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 1:44


It takes years to know if you have good judgment. Transcript: http://spearhead.co/judgment

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