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5 Things VC Associates Wish Founders Knew Before Their Call

Dream It

Learn how to pass a VC associate screen in under 10 minutes! We regularly look out for newsletters, major updates, and events in our respective industries. Learn more about Dreamit Healthtech , a venture fund and growth-focused program for digital health and medtech startups with revenue, pilots, or early product-market fit.

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How to Leverage Micro VC Funds to Build an Angel Portfolio

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The partner at the fund, the VC, gets to do the fun part—the meeting with founders, vetting deals, negotiating, helping, etc. This is above and beyond whatever events and educational opportunities the fund provides for its community, which could also be very useful. Fund investing, like adulting, is boring. So what’s the point?

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A Great Discussion with @skupor @davemcclure @msuster on Changes in the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

I go every year because I love events hosted & moderated by insiders involving discussions by insiders because it maximizes the amount of real discussions people have. The only point we didn’t seem totally aligned on was what we happening to the “middle of the VC market.” tl;dr version. tl;dr version.

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My Pal Dave: A Triumph of Substance Over Style

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve told him that if a vet just clipped his wings a little bit I think it would be good for his health. Sometimes balance can be good for the health, soul, personal happiness and … performance. I knew him well before he became a VC. This Dave knew I was running an event on “the future of television” that was important to me.

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Nigerian healthtech startup Reliance Health raises $40M led by General Atlantic

TechCrunch

The event has accelerated the use of telemedicine, virtual care, and drug delivery, thus fuelling investor interest in the sector. Lagos- and Texas-based digital healthcare provider Reliance Health is the latest beneficiary and is doing so in grand style, raising $40 million. 3,500 (~$7.00) to ?148,500 148,500 (~$297.00).

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The Difference Between Rich Founders and Poor Founders, From an ex-VC

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Since then, I’ve founded several startups, was employee #3 at a $65m VC firm in San Francisco, and realized that there is a similar phenomenon to what Robert Kiyosaki is talking about in Rich Dad, Poor Dad currently occurring in Silicon Valley. Small personal income until scale, IPO or liquidity event. It was my favorite growing up.

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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

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That latter part is where I often find that events focused on diversity go wrong. In 2005, it was a risky bet to join Union Square Ventures and plant my VC career here in NYC. It wasn’t until I helped Foursquare raise their seed round in 2009 that many outside VCs even took notice of NYC.