The Almost Vested Podcast
@AlmostVestedPod
A venture capital podcast for investors in the early stages of their career, by investors in the early stages of their career
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Today I had the opportunity to be a guest speaker to an Entrepreneurial Ventures class at @williamandmary! Such a cool experience especially considering that I was sitting in that class just three years ago! Crazy to think about all that can happen in such a small amount of time
New blog post on avoiding monkey traps. "Too often we are trapped in monkey traps of our own making." abergseyeview.com/blog/2019/3/30…
Startups post-product-market-fit are literally money machines: You give them $X and their revenue goes up by a multiple of X, thereby making the market value of the company go up. Great startups provide returns to investors by consistently outrunning dilution by generating value.
👀Analyst opp for someone looking to get exposure to PE/VC 👇
A great thing about growth is hiring new talent. Looking to grow our VC team in Palo Alto: 1) A strong EA to support 2 senior leads & help with business scale activities. 2) An analyst to support our VC/PE loan portfolio. Let me know if you or someone you know might fit!
Good thread to get your brain cranking this Saturday afternoon.
Some thoughts on Silicon Valley's endgame. We have long said the biggest risk to the bull market is an Uber IPO. That is now upon us.
Potential future guest gold mine 👀
The younger crop of investors (@ntdillon, @zck, @91dodgers @NatSandman etc.) in SF hustle so much and seem to have a higher level of social cohesion and collaboration. Who are some rising stars in Bay Area venture?
New blog post on my criteria for evaluating a startup. Does your company check all the boxes? buff.ly/2VSOMyJ
Jotted down some thoughts about how the current king in the QSR game is so good at innovation, and what you can learn from their process / culture. "Think Outside the Bun" #innovation #VentureCapital 17000credits.com/startup/the-mo…
When getting ready to pitch VCs, founders often jump right into assembling a slide deck. I think this is a mistake. I’d suggest that you start by writing twenty headlines that sum up your startup, and only then build the slides. Here’s why: 1/11
Three things I wish I knew about social media when I first started. 1. Start early, when platforms get noisy it’s harder for your audience to find you 2. You should spend less time gaming the system and more time creating good content 3. You have a unique view point - share it
Love this idea. Remove all the barriers to starting a company and just let people go for it
I do think someone could build a rad accelerator by buying land somewhere cheap & isolated, building some housing + work space, and giving teams 6-12 months housing/food/internet for equity. YCampinator, if you will.
New blog post on the importance of asking "Why?" "Your Why is what motivates you. It’s the reason you are doing or acting the way you are. Too often we stop at the What and never ask about the Why. " buff.ly/2UiBBqr
1/ “During WWII, Navy tried to determine where they needed armor in planes. They ran an analysis of where planes had been shot up, and came up with this. The places that needed to be up-armored are wingtips, central body, and elevators. That’s where the planes were getting shot
In a world of listicles and clickbait here is a piece of content that was hand-crafted with a ton of care by @jayclouse and @ekhornung. Very grateful to have been invited to contribute! Definitely something anyone interested in #tech, #VC or #entrepreneurship should check out.
it’s here. it’s alive and ready. we’re excited to share it. welcome to issue one of the update a publication featuring editorials, trends, and stories happening outside of Silicon Valley. upside.fm/update/issue-o…
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