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The Five "Ups" of Getting Early Stage VC Deal Flow

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How do you get 150+ VCs to show up for something? nextNYC, the startup events platform I run, produces the largest formal VC/Founder intro event at NY Tech Week. Last year, over 150 VCs participated and were looking forward to having even more. No VC on the face of the earth has a magical Good Deals Only stream of opportunities.

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How to Perform Inception on a VC

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What relationships does this VC have that can help reinforce the message? VCs need to see your message time and time again. Founders should also be spending time in networks of other venture-backed founders--not only to learn, but to have their message and reputation echo back to other VCs. Have you met so-and-so?

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

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What Alan recognized was that most IRL forums and networking events are absolutely awful places to pitch and here’s why: 1) When a VC shows up in person, they’re looking to replicate the kind of top of the funnel they would get in an hour or two’s worth of e-mail, and that’s not going to happen if you corral them into a corner for 30 minutes.

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How To Pitch A Real Estate Tech VC

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Camber Creek portfolio companies benefit from the network effects of his four partners from the real estate world. Founders speak to this network as part of the diligence process and get feedback. His portfolio now includes companies like Compstak, Latch, VTS, 42Floors, and more. Has the founder done his homework before his pitch?

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5 Things VC Associates Wish Founders Knew Before Their Call

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Learn how to pass a VC associate screen in under 10 minutes! We cannot put enough emphasis on how important utilizing your network is. If you’re raising, ask people in your network to help. These are easy tips if you know what to look out for. Do your research You should do your research before talking to an associate.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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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? I can’t speak for every VC, obviously. What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like? super size or super focus.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

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Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal. And there’s conferences. Web Summit.

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