Another FKA Friday ● 19 April 2024#13

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19 April 2024 #13 853+369  $21.3m invested and $15.5 returned over the last 10 years. Kami #02 has just signed a deal for all schools in Louisiana. BoomRead ON! We are looking for mentors to support the people and startups in our programmes. Very happy to talk with anyone who would like to learn more. Come join us! Many of our portfolio companies have come out of Velocity! Such as StretchSense, Kami and Kara. This is where Bob met the Kami team as a mentor in 2012 to go full-time in 2017. Phil is the investor rep for Spoke Phone #15. Raising $1m. Contact Phil  if you want to join the Q&A session on Tuesday night. Getting early VC support has benefited many startups such as Canva. But it can be a kiss of death when the VC doesn't follow on. READ ON! Don't be fooled by initial sales velocity! PRIME has gone subprime Read 1 + Read 2 □ He Turned 55. Then He Started the World’s Most Important Company: Morris Chang had decades of experience before he founded a business that’s indispensable to the global economy. What can other middle-aged entrepreneurs learn from him? Source! 1. HiPPO – Highest Paid Person’s Opinion 2. ZEBRA – Zero Evidence But Really Arrogant 3. WOLF – Working On the Latest Fire 4. RHINO – Really Here In Name Only 5. SEAGULL – Senior Executive that Always Glides in, Unloads and Leaves Loudly 6. DODO – Dangerously OutDated Opinions 7. ViPER – Vindictive Person Endangering Results 8. MOUSE – Muddled Opinions, Usually Swayed Easily 9. PARROT – Pretty Annoying and Ridiculously Repeating Others 10. DONKEY – Data Only, No Knowledge, Expertise or Why    READ Also, on LinkedIn and over 2,000 FKA GIFs on GIPHY.