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I find these recommendations useful, and more importantly, I think it shows how the authors of the guide (who are partners at V1) think about building scalable startups. I wish all funds were this transparent!

Anyone considering taking investments from V1 should read this guide because it shows that:

1. They will point founders to the best external advice the team has come across (including most of the solid references pointed out by ignoramous below). This means they won't come up with a bunch of BS that is not best practice.

2. That the V1 team cares about its founders! If you see the section "Invest in yourself", it's clear that they care about YOU as a founder! I love this human approach - that's NOT the case for every investor out there!

Disclaimer: Version One Ventures is 1 of 33 investors on our captable - and they stand (very positively) out!