Top Early Stage Investing Articles of 2019

top early stage investing articles 2019Seraf publishes industry-leading materials on all aspects of early stage investing. Our articles, courses, toolkits, interviews, and ebooks found within the The Seraf Compass help early stage investors make better investing decisions, minimize risk and improve returns. We also share notable pieces from the best and brightest in our industry via Twitter and LinkedIn to help investors further expand their early stage investing education.

We have an annual tradition of bringing you the best early stage investing articles of the year, handpicked by our Co-Founders Hambleton Lord and Christopher Mirabile. Here are a few of our favorite, most interesting and informative pieces we read in 2019, in no particular order. We value the authors’ insights and hope they’ll help to guide you in your investment journey. 

  1. Ten pieces of friendly VC advice for when someone wants to buy your company by David Frankel

  2. Five years later: Five ways to build a $100 million SaaS business by Christoph Janz

  3. Spotting & Stopping the Slippery Slope of Ethical Lapses at Startups by Founder Collective

  4. Unsafe Notes by AVC

  5. 11 Lessons From Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson by CB Insights

  6. What Makes a Successful Startup Team by Eva de Mol

  7. A Checklist for My Friend Fundraising For A Seed Round by Parul Singh

  8. 40 Favorite Interview Questions from Some of the Sharpest Folks We Know by First Round Review

  9. How taking less capital & a lower valuation can make you rich! by Founder Collective

  10. Startup Growth and Venture Returns: What We Found When We Analyzed Thousands of VC Deals by Abe Othman

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