AI is eating B2b software (in a good way)
This morning, I woke up remembering Archimedes: “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”
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Notes on founders, friction, and conviction.
Essays and recaps on pre-seed investing and building companies that reduce friction at scale.
How to Prepare for Your first meeting with Incisive Ventures
You received an email about your first pitch meeting with us.
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Recap of "An American Investing in Africa" a conversation with Bunmi Akinyemiju.
In April of 2024, I had a conversation with Bunmi Akinyemiju, GP at GreenHouse Capital who has been a long time venture investor and builder in the Africa ecosystem. We had a wide ranging discussion
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Recap of "An American Investing in India" a conversation with Hershel Mehta.
In March of 2024, I had an conversation with Hershel Mehta, GP at 2AM Ventures who I have co-invested often. I am also an LP in their fund as my strategy to be a US investor internationally is to par
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Recap from webinar "How I picked 6 Unicorns in 4 years."
On Feb. 15, 2024, I held a webinar with over 100 investors and founders to discuss my approach to identifying unicorn companies in the Pre-seed. The next day, Signalrank, a Series B venture investor
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Thoughts on a syndicate strategy for venture funds sub $50M
When I started investing as an Angel, I rarely had the opportunity or capital to follow on and invest in future rounds. As a Venture Partner at Ignition Partners, I learned about pro-rata rights (the
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Recap from A vc and a Poker pro walk into a bar...
Yesterday, Alec Torelli and I discussed the similarities and differences between Poker and early-stage Tech investing. Some interesting learnings.
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Why I am building checksiwrote.com
It all started with a frustration tweet:
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Incisive Ventures Pre-Seed founder reading list
Pre-Seed, before you have nailed product/market fit, is typically one of the most overwhelming times for Founders. Founders are grappling with wearing many hats and lots of new tactical challenges (f
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Fundraising stages defined (Angel/Pre-Seed/seed/Series A)
⚡ TLDR: “Pre-Seed” can mean many different things. Here is how Incisive Ventures defines Pre-Seed. MVP in the market for > 3 months, initial customer traction.
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Martin G. Tobias user manual 0.10
My User Manual
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The Future of laziness
In the start-up world, Laziness is a dirty word. Work till you drop: Lazy = Bad. As an early-stage investor, I could not disagree more. At Incisive Ventures, we are investing in the Future of Laziness
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