Startup

Optimism is a double edge sword

Let’s agree, there is a thin line between reality and hallucination. To be an entrepreneur, you need to be delusional, and...
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Synthetic Equity — Pros > Cons For Startups?

In the US, limited liability corporations (LLCs) are a recent phenomenon — Wyoming pioneered them in 1977, the IRS issued comprehensive...
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Is Silicon Valley Dying? No And Why It Still Makes Sense For Entrepren...

There are these headlines: Aug 26, 2020: Palantir’s Bay Area move makes Denver the city to watch amid Silicon Valley’s exodus...
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Disaggregation of the Hospital – A Counterintuitive Opportunity ...

Tau Ventures is a seed-focused fund investing in applied AI in digital health, enterprise and automation (cars, robots). We think a...
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To PR Or Not To PR? 5 Key Questions For Startups

Wired published a thought-provoking opinion article in 2015 comparing the news cycle around startups to a 12-hr clock. Indeed, tech in...
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Early-stage is not about speed

I’ve long been wanting to write about speed. I am developing my 4th startup in solo mode, and I cannot go...
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Pivoting Your Startup? 4 Ways To Do It Right

1) Cash In Reserve — At the early stage, especially seed, chances are you will keep pivoting till finding product-market fit....
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Nitty-Gritty Details Will Make (or Kill) Your Valuations. Here’s Why...

Genius is in the details that other people skim.  Answer me honestly. When’s the last time you bothered to read beyond...
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Why We Invested In FidoCure aka How Tech Can Help Save Dogs (And Event...

In October FidoCure, also known as One Health Company, announced a $10M series A led by Polaris Ventures and we increased...
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Fundraising is badly misunderstood

If there is one thing that most startups misunderstand entirely, that’s probably fundraising. Thus, they create their own mental image of...
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Replacing Your VC? 5 Principles For Entrepreneurs

At Tau Ventures we advise all entrepreneurs to look upon the diligence process during a fundraising round as a two-way street....
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Offshoring? 5 Key Principles For Startups

At Tau Ventures we have invested in startups that are fully in the US, where the CEO is in the US...
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