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How to Get a VC's Attention at an IRL Event

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A few years ago, I was at Techcrunch Disrupt and this guy taps me on the shoulder as I was chatting in a group. In many situations that you might meet a VC, you know who’s going to be at this event, so do your homework. He simply extended a handshake and said: “Hi, sorry to interrupt. My name is Alan.

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How to Avoid Being Disrupted as a VC

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In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. I tried to be at every event. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). If we don’t, we’re be disrupted from external sources. I sat on panels.

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Introducing Circulate: Creating Better Networks for Future Founders from Black and Other Underrepresented Communities

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The venture capital community reacted to the racial reckoning the country experienced in June in ways I felt were pretty underwhelming—one-time pitch events for Black founders or promises to only meet with Black founders for a month. The Circulate series acknowledges that access to ideas, resources and networks is structurally unequal.

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How to Run an Effective Networking Dinner

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Photo by Juliette F on Unsplash Networking is a critical part of relationship building and there is no event more valuable to building relationships than the proverbial “breaking of bread” with people. You should allow a period for general networking, a chance to eat your first bites of food and some casual catch ups.

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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

TechCrunch

For founders and investors, there’s no platform like TechCrunch Disrupt. Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between.

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What Should You Make of the Web Summit Controversy? A View Behind the Scenes

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I have absolutely no affiliation with the event, no economic interests and had no other reason for writing about Web Summit other than as a person who has to attend many events for my professional life I found it to be the most meticulously plan and run and intent upon serving its audience of any major event I had attended.

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Event networking app Grip raises $13M, as pandemic forces events to stay virtual

TechCrunch

With offline events now firmly moved to online for the foreseeable future, startups in the networking space had to pivot fast in the face of the pandemic. One of those was Grip , previously better known as a networking app for physical conferences (including TechCrunch Disrupt, at one point). million people.