Alex Menn
@_AlexMenn
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Partner at Begin Capital, VC, angel investor, and entrepreneur
London, England
Joined January 2022
Meeting with a European founder His business is brand new (started in 2016) and already has a half-dozen paying customers Incredible growth I ask him his MRR "Sorry, but disclosing that information would violate GDPR," he tells me. Brilliant response. That question was a
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Friends with benefits When you spend a lot of time at work (guilty as charged!), it’s pretty natural, and sometimes even inevitable, that your coworkers and portfolio company founders actually become your friends. Friendships that grow out of business tend to be very strong:
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IPOs of American startups. The last column should be doubled, as the year is ongoing. A striking chart. Odd that I haven’t seen it before (or forgot it). It looked the same last year or the year before.
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The proportion of startups raising the next round within specified quarters. Carta's analyst sees the situation as stable: neither too high (bubble) nor too low (crisis). However, he consistently draws positive conclusions from any chart…
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I’ve never in my life listened to an audio message and thought: “Oh, yes! That was worth my 1.25 minutes!”
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📣 We Are Hiring 📣 Begin Capital is ready to hire its next investment superstar - someone passionate about building visionary tech companies and inspired by unconventional outliers. We are a small team, more like a rock band or blockbuster film crew - but above all, a family.
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Well done, team!
Today we’re announcing our $13M Seed round, led by @insightpartners with support from @a16z @speedrun, Begin Capital, and @ZeroPrimeVC. Over the past year, monthly revenue has grown 40x and we’ve integrated more than 400K models, establishing Runware as an essential service for
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Fun fact: People will have created 2M Storybooks by bedtime tonight!
We recently rolled out Storybook, a way to create personalized, illustrated stories that you can read, listen to, print, and share. Relive memories. Explain complex concepts. Highlight inside jokes. Get started with these how-tos & tips 🧵
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George Vaillant’s study of Harvard graduates spanning 70 years revealed that the only consistent factor contributing to happiness and well-being is the quality of our relationships.
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Today's post is about whether the enormous capex boom in data centers is setting us up for a replay of 2008. https://t.co/PrYJtDfsmA
noahpinion.blog
This time let's think about a financial crisis before it happens.
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Mark Zuckerberg on buying Instagram April 5, 2012
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