Eric Ashman @ericashman
Helping founders navigate roadblocks throughout their startup journey. Former @mmlafleur, @GroupNineMedia, @thrillist, @jackthreads, @HuffPost. ericashman.com Cambridge, MA Joined June 2008-
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3 keys to successfully executing a down round. 🗝️ Address dilution and valuation head on. 🗝️ Set your employees up for success. 🗝️ It's not just about more cash today —it's about the future. Don't settle for a bad deal. Read Part 3 in my series: ashmangroup.com/a-deep-dive-in…
Over the past 4 months, I've made over $320,000 selling one digital product. I made a full video course breaking down the salespage copywriting strategies. If you'd like it for free, just: • RT • Comment 'copy' And I'll DM. (30 hours only - must be following for DM 🥂)
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Venture math doesn’t work without bubbles…
Every VC desperately wants and needs AI to be the next big thing. That doesn't mean they're wrong but you should always view in the context of their incentives.
Treating venture debt as risk capital is about to decimate an entire generation of middling VC backed startups.
I'm seeing a lot of challenging financial situations at start-ups. Increasingly, venture debt repayment is high on the list of issues. In my experience, its not the venture debt that caused the problem, it merely accelerates the bad stuff. In boom times, the debt acts as…
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I interviewed over 3k founders to conduct a statistically significant research analysis of how exited entrepreneurs decide what to do next with their lives… jaredhecht.com/2023/04/28/a-c…
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The intense drama about SVB has died down But the implications on the pvt markets will be felt in coming weeks & months They will be big for VCs, PE and startups We’ll dig into what the data says here First stop - Let’s dig into how debt was being used to prop up valuations
It's interesting to see that ConvertKit's revenue is 50% higher than Substack's. We also have about 20x the active subscribers they do. They just do such a good job dominating the press and narrative.
Platform risk includes platform wars.
Artificial Intelligence is a massive field. 8 books that are a must-read if you are just getting started:
Ben @benthompson has just been crushing it recently on the topic of AI with @stratechery. Ben, congrats on your 10 year anniversary! You're truly at the top of your game right now. What an incredible journey to watch you on.
5.9 months from now: “ok now we feel that it’s safe to move forward with the thing we think is existentially going to destroy us”
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hey gpt4, make me an iPhone app that recommends 5 new movies every day + trailers + where to watch. My ambitions grew as we went along 👇
new rule: you don’t get to tweet another scary thing that could possibly happen in the SVB fallout unless you at least try to offer a potential solution k, thx🧘♂️
Today is a good day to practice distinguishing between things that are and aren’t in your control
Glad the @theallinpod & @DavidSacks covered venture debt in the last ep. It definitely is something founders get wrong too often. I was a venture debt lender in 99/00. For founders, here is a quick primer:
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