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Series A Crunch: Tyranny of the TAM

Posted on Tuesday, Jan 15th

What is TAM? Perhaps, the biggest factor in whether a VC funds you or not. TAM = Total Available Market. Note: Top Down TAM doesn’t matter. You need to present a Bottom-Up TAM Analysis. And to get funded, that TAM needs to be very large. Billion. Two billion. Ten billion.

Series A Crunch: Customers vs. Investors

Posted on Sunday, Jan 13th

What have you been doing for the last six months? Chasing customers? Chasing Investors?

Series A Crunch: Real vs. Pseudo Entrepreneurs

Posted on Saturday, Jan 12th

Much is being said on a daily basis about the Series A crunch. This is our series on the subject. In short, byte-sized posts, I will give you my thoughts on how to deal with the issue. Please note, this advice is entirely for entrepreneurs, not investors.