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The VC Corner | Ruben Dominguez | Substack · Sep 16, 2026

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STARTUPS

150 Fundraising Advisors Who Only Get Paid If You Close

No retainers, success fee only, with self-reported fees and capital raised. Plus the vetting system, because half this market raised less than $1M last year.

The VC Corner | Ruben Dominguez | Substack · Sep 15, 2026

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STARTUPS

1,503 US Early-Stage Investors, Mapped: Pre-Seed to Series A

For every Series A fund in America there are 5.3 pre-seed and seed investors. The crunch you feel is visible in raw supply, and this is the map of where the money actually sits.

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The VC Corner | Ruben Dominguez | Substack · Sep 14, 2026

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING

The AI CEOs Asked for a Brake. Trump Said No. Here Is How to Plan Anyway.

Amodei, Altman and Musk converged on slowing down. The White House refused. You still have to decide what to build, where to work, and what to hold.

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The VC Corner | Ruben Dominguez | Substack · Sep 13, 2026

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STARTUPS

YC Summer 2026 Batch⚡, 40 AI Tools for Founders🛠️, Europe’s Race to $1 Trillion💰

Another week, another pulse check on Tech.

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The VC Corner | Ruben Dominguez | Substack · Sep 11, 2026

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND STARTUPS

Travis Kalanick Says Excellence Is the Capacity to Take Pain. Here Are His 10 Rules for Building Through It.

The Uber founder raised $1.2B at a $17.5B valuation nine months after his last round, ran 5 fundraising rooms at once, and says none of it was ever about the money.

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