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The document outlines investment "rules" that are more like guidelines for evaluating potential investments. It suggests only investing in businesses that solve compelling problems with awesome teams, have an interesting product or service that could attract customers, show evidence of product-market fit based on customer and market data, and can offer a reasonable deal that provides over a year of funding and an interesting stake for the investors while fully committing the founding team. The key is to give the investors at least one great reason to say yes rather than focusing on the many potential reasons to say no.
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