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David Zhou

How Do You Know It’s Time To Let Go?

I’ve been asked by many founders over the years, “How do I know it’s time to let it go?” And every single person asks me for some length of…

Jun 17, 2022

How Do You Know It’s Time To Let Go?

Jun 17, 2022

David Zhou

How To Make Writing Easy For Those Struggling

A founder looking to write more long-form recently asked me, “What does your writing process look like?” As I was sharing my long answer to…

Jun 10, 2022

How To Make Writing Easy For Those Struggling

Jun 10, 2022

David Zhou

The Thing About Liquidation Preferences

Given the impending, potentially larger market correction, I’ve been thinking a lot about liquidation preferences recently. And it seems…

Jun 3, 2022

The Thing About Liquidation Preferences

Jun 3, 2022

David Zhou

Humans and Nonlinear Thinking

Humans are terrible at understanding percentages. I’m one of them. An investor I had the opportunity to work with on multiple occasions…

May 26, 2022

Humans and Nonlinear Thinking

May 26, 2022

David Zhou

How to Kickstart Communities

I want to preface; I don’t have all the cards laid out in front of me. In many ways, I am still trying to figure this out for myself. But I…

May 20, 2022

How to Kickstart Communities

May 20, 2022

David Zhou

How to Best Send Email Forwardables

Whether you’re a founder or investor or just friends of the afore-mentioned job titles, you’ve most likely been asked for warm intros. The…

May 6, 2022

How to Best Send Email Forwardables

May 6, 2022

David Zhou

Why Should Sky High Valuations Matter to Employees

Earlier this week, I came across a curious quote while reading Sammy Abdullah’s notes on the book by Randall Stross, chronicling the…

Apr 27, 2022

Why Should Sky High Valuations Matter to Employees

Apr 27, 2022

David Zhou

99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Advice For Investors

Back in mid-2020, I started writing a piece on 99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Startup Advice. There was no ETA on the…

Apr 21, 2022

99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Advice For Investors

Apr 21, 2022

David Zhou

99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Startup Advice

“Two of our biggest clients pulled the rug on us. They just cut their budgets, and can’t pay us anymore.”

Apr 14, 2022

99 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungooglable Startup Advice

Apr 14, 2022

David Zhou

How to Get Investors to Just Ask One Question: “How Can I Invest?”

After recently tuning into an incredible founder’s most recent investor update, I stumbled across a shoutout once again to Silicon Valley…

Apr 5, 2022

How to Get Investors to Just Ask One Question: “How Can I Invest?”

Apr 5, 2022

David Zhou

David Zhou

Ops at On Deck Angels. Running a fund accelerator. VC Scout by day. Story Scout by night. Tenaciously and idiosyncratically curious. Chronic eccentricity.

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