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

This is going to be BIG.

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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The VC Stack Makeover: What Today's Funds Need - Webinar

The Seraf Compass

Here’s how their workflow runs across tools: Sourcing : Intros and events go straight into Affinity , tagged with sectors, stages, and notes. Their IC pulls live from the system. Diligence : Standard checklists in Notion guide each deal.

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Why Interviewing Others is Awesome for Building Your Brand

This is going to be BIG.

In 2015, a then 18-year-old Harry Stebbings launched The Twenty Minute VC from his bedroom in London. Fast forward a few years, and The Twenty Minute VC became one of the most influential podcasts in venture capital. Even in VC not everyone postsbut everyone in any kind of white collar job visits LinkedIn multiple times a week.

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Warnings about investor limitations!  

Berkonomics

And what VC’s worry about More importantly, VCs will worry over several issues when looking at a company and deciding about an investment. Second, it is important in the first investment round to face the issues that may be required later by subsequent, more sophisticated, investors such as VC’s.

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Want to Work in VC? Here’s How

Both Sides of the Table

I’m often asked by people, “how do I get into VC?&# Well, I know 3-4 VC jobs that are publicly available. Every time I do recruiting I get somebody who says, “I’m willing to take a step back in my career to work in VC.&# This isn’t likely to appeal to us. Tags: VC Industry.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I just completed an exercise where I went out to hire a new associate for my VC firm, GRP Partners. Tags: Start-up Advice. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

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Lots of discussion these days about the changes in the VC industry. The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion.

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