All posts by Gaurav Jain
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The 5 Best Ways to Build Your Business Before You Quit Your Full-Time Job
The first advice is to be realistic. You don’t really have a “startup” until you quit and focus...
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APIs are the New FTEs
Facebook, Google and Twitter have to deal with outrageous amounts of spam and abuse. They hire teams of...
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You’ve Only Got One Shot At Building A Consumer Unicorn
Imagine if the founder of a very successful consumer technology company knocked on your door and offered to...
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How To Be A VC Without Any Capital
This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. One of the most frequent questions I get as a VC is...
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Why AngelList will Become the Android of Venture Capital
Just as Google’s Android operating system has disrupted mobile rivals, I think AngelList will do the same to...
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Bubble talk: 15 reasons it’s not 2000 all over again
As a VC, the number one question I get, repeatedly, is if we’re in a bubble. The answer...
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Abraham Maslow would have been a horrible venture capitalist
When you look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (above) from a business perspective, it almost looks like a...
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Why, Dear God, Haven’t You Started Marketing Yet?
“We have thousands of users and we have done no marketing!” This has become a common refrain among...
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Fundraising Tip for B2B Startups: Use Speed-dating to Handle Due Diligence
Before making an investment, venture capitalists conduct a process of due diligence. We do background checks on founders...
