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10 Startup Red Flags

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Maybe the CEO got his cousin from Omaha to be their lawyer or theres been some serious messing around with the cap table. The founders or at least the hiring manager should be doing the bulk of the hiring early on - including phone screens. Either way, its a sign that something is amiss. Thats a REALLY bad sign.

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Deal Opacity

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Every single megafund all the way to some of the world’s most powerful sovereign wealth funds are now searching for the next Uber, either so they can invest directly or so one of their managers can ensnare it in its flytrap. And, with respect to deal transparency — it is basically gone, drowned out.

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