Go to Market Strategy Template for VC Investment Memos
A one-page go to market strategy template written for the investor reading the deck: seven lines, the questions behind each, and the red flags to record.
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Market Segmentation Examples for VC Analysts: 5 Cases
Five market segmentation examples, from geographic to behavioral, showing how a VC analyst tests a TAM claim and writes the result into an IC memo.
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What Is a Cap Table? A Field Guide for VC Analysts
What a cap table contains, how dilution and the option pool shuffle change ownership, and which red flags a VC analyst should check before the IC memo.
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Porters Five Forces Analysis for VC Market Screening
A porters five forces analysis for VC deal screening: define the market, score each force with evidence, and turn the page into the next diligence question.
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Cap Table Example: How a VC Analyst Reads One in Diligence
A worked cap table example across Seed and Series A, read as a VC analyst would: option pool, dilution, fully diluted checks and who gets paid in an $18M exit.
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Convertible Note vs SAFE: The Deal Structure Question
Most guides compare convertible notes and SAFEs from the founder's chair. This one reads the same instruments from the investor's side: dilution model, maturity risk, and IC memo structure.
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Series A Funding in 2026: How European VCs Screen Deals
What European VC analysts actually screen for at Series A in 2026: ARR thresholds, NRR floors, burn multiples, and the qualitative signals that move a deal from pipeline to partner meeting.
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What Is a Term Sheet? The VC Analyst's Field Guide
What a term sheet covers, why liquidation preference structure matters more than the multiple, and how EU deals differ from US term sheets.
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Market Research Methods Every VC Analyst Should Rethink
Most market research methods in early-stage VC are built for the wrong moment. A practical sequencing framework for 2-4 person European funds with limited time per deal.
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Day Trading for Beginners: What Actually Works in 2026
The PDT rule changed in 2026. Day trading for beginners now starts at $2k. Still, 70% fail in year one. Here is what actually holds up.
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How AI Coding Agents Change the VC Analyst Workflow
What AI coding agents do, which tools fit a small fund workflow, and how to diligence the startups building them.
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Audience Research in VC Diligence: What Actually Works
A practical guide to audience research for early-stage VC due diligence: methods, AI tools, and what an IC memo should actually say about market evidence.
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AI Quantitative Trading: What VC Analysts Need to Know
What VC analysts and LPs need to understand about AI quantitative trading: the real strategy stack, genuine returns, and red flags in a pitch deck.
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7 AI Agent Examples Actually Running Inside VC Deal Teams
Seven AI agent examples already running inside early-stage VC deal teams, from sourcing to IC memo drafts, with what each one actually saves an analyst.
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Paper Trading: Practice Before You Risk Real Capital
Paper trading simulates live market conditions with virtual money. Used well, it builds execution discipline. Used poorly, it builds false confidence. Here is how to tell the difference.
