This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 4, 2016
What relationships does this VC have that can help reinforce the message? Content you create, interviews, podcasts, speaking engagements, survey data you research and disseminate, events, engagement over social media. VCs need to see your message time and time again. That's how to get an idea to stick in a VC's head.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MAY 20, 2021
Back in the early 2000s, it was exciting to blog and use social networks to create our own media and move away from the traditional media outlets. But a decade and a half later, it is obvious that we just replaced one type of media company for another and that we don’t really control our own media yet. We will see.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
IRRs work really well in a 12-year bull market but VCs have to make money in good markets and bad. Pitchbook estimates that there is about $290 billion of VC “overhang” (money waiting to be deployed into tech startups) in the US alone and that’s up more than 4x in just the past decade. What is a VC To Do? And we’re patient.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2013
And I am often approached by entrepreneurs in cities which don’t have a vibrant VC community. It would be easier in terms of getting access to angels, VCs, the media, whatever. If you don’t live in a major VC zone, I have some tips for how to make it easier to raise Venture Capital. I travel the country a lot.
This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 16, 2014
How long does it take from first meeting a VC to getting cash in the bank? Here were the results: I would guess that getting a third of my deals from events is probably disproportionately high compared to other seed investors on the east coast--and that my VC intro percentage is probably somewhat low. That''s an interesting question.
This is going to be BIG.
JULY 8, 2019
Just the immediate priorities seem to take up more than one person’s potential working hours—so it’s no surprise that when it comes to something like social media, many founders have trouble making it a priority. The Base Layer The very basic level of participation on social media isn’t posting—it’s listening. No, of course not.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 4, 2013
As a VC you want to feel like you have “proprietary sources” of deal flow. The sheer number of relationships I’ve built through being public, transparent and being willing to engage in comments and through social media has enabled me to get to know entrepreneurs even before they launch their next company.
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