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Ask a VC: what is a good pitch deck?

The standard document used to communicate an investment opportunity in your project (if it’s very early) or your company (once it is…

11 min readMar 1, 2024

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My year 2023 in review

Following the French tradition again, I have until January 31st to wish you all a very Happy New Year, and my best wishes of success in…

10 min readJan 30, 2024

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Ask a VC: how to model a P&L — Part 5/6 — Consistency of the model

So now we have built a full financial model for our business; last time we added the cashflow information that allows us to understand how…

7 min readJan 26, 2024

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Ask a VC: how to model a P&L — Part 5/6 — Consistency of the model

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Ask a VC: how to model a P&L — Part 4/6: the J-Curve

In the first 3 articles of this series, we looked at how to build a P&L: Revenue, Variable Costs, and Fixed Costs, and that took us to…

6 min readJan 20, 2024

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Ask a VC: how to model a P&L — Part 4/6: the J-Curve

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Ask a VC: how long will it take to close my financing round?

It is always surprising to me that I get contacted by entrepreneurs who tell me that they expect a final closing of the deal in 3 weeks'…

10 min readNov 13, 2023

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Ask a VC: how long will it take to close my financing round?

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Ask a VC: how to model a P&L — Part 3/6: Fixed Costs

Note: I’m going to try to publish new articles every Monday around 11am.

8 min readNov 6, 2023

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Ask a VC: how to model a P&L — Part 3/6: Fixed Costs

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Ask a VC: how to model a P&L — Part 2/6: variable costs

In our last article, I introduced a simple technique to model revenue. To make our model more concrete now, let’s imagine a simple venture…

8 min readOct 27, 2023

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Ask a VC: how to model a P&L — Part 2/6: variable costs

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Ask a VC: how to model a P&L — Part 1/6: Revenue

Every VC will ask you at some point to have a look at your financial projections. Many entrepreneurs refer to it as a business plan, but…

7 min readOct 23, 2023

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Ask a VC: how to model a P&L — Part 1/6: Revenue

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ask a VC: how does a venture fund make money?

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12 min readOct 20, 2023

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ask a VC: how does a venture fund make money?

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Ask a VC: what should my valuation be?

When raising capital from investors, you are giving away a piece of your equity for money (avoid as much as you can giving away equity for…

11 min readOct 16, 2023

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Rodrigo SEPÚLVEDA SCHULZ

Rodrigo SEPÚLVEDA SCHULZ

Expert in digital growth strategies. Investor in 50+ startups and scale-ups, Board Member, 5x Founder, Consultant, Podcaster.

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