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Like, how what's a good way to do it so that you minimize the chances that they do something that would come back to bite them? Yeah. So, I mean, you need to do all the company setup stuff first. So that is incorporation, company charter, etcetera, g
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they have been through adversity and whether they're willing to they're knowingly going after a startup because going after a startup is about facing adversity and overcoming obstacles. I think these are the few things, understanding the why and and
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...Valley venture firms, a plus plus plus firms would have been thrilled to have you come in. Why launch your own fund? I wanted to invest in the next generation of entrepreneurs, and that's really why not take a CEO job. And I wanted to do it in a way
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try to just kinda schedule haphazardly. They're not treating it as a product in itself. Tell me more. Yeah. You need to fundraise. You need to have a very clear, well thought out strategy to your fundraise and you need to, as much as possible, conden
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round where they don't give away any information. They stay as hidden as possible, and then they hit you with, you know, we're doing a round, and all the phone calls are gonna be in these two days, and you're either in or you're not. What do you pref
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And one of the things we've kind of noticed is the fundraising climate is challenging, but like you were kinda talking about, there's certain sectors that are doing really well. You know, for example, the AI AI companies. This is their their time in
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So do you typically need all three to kinda hit it for okay. I found that's, like, my sweet spot for investing or what gets me to conviction. Cool. I actually think, and many VCs will disagree with me on this, is the idea matters more than the founde
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I think the main advice would be just to make sure that you know what that investor can bring to the table other than money. There is definitely many ways to get funding that are not receiving, direct investments. And just for founders to stay aware
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...venture capitalists, they're smart and they're worried about adverse selection. They don't want to be the one who feels like they didn't discover whatever was a matter with you in diligence. Right? And if you're getting down to three months of cash,
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So during our first conversations, I really try to focus on understanding what their incentive is, what they're looking for, what their target is and whether that aligns with me as well. I think that there's kind of a dynamic where startups are almos
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There are there are a bunch of companies that will do option based financings. We're not one of them, but, there's a lot of different options out there for that. Sometimes those are really good and employee friendly. Sometimes they can come along wit
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learning that alcohol is bad, then you will tend to stay retained for longer. Okay. But on the fundraise itself, talk to me. How did you approach it and what worked and what didn't? The things that worked, we approached it by casting a very wide net.
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a $50,000,000 fund that's deployed over two years every two years is the same as a $100,000,000 fund that's deployed every four. What we've done is we've just picked a model, which is which says sort of what's the right stage, what's the right owners
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...with my venture fund and also speaking of founders here is, I think one of the things that we've seen a lot is cash flow management. It's like easy to run out of money. Yes. I mean, I think, keeping a focus on keeping the burn low, before they find p
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...a venture fundraise, you know, the reality of venture is it's all just the work. You know, like finding the people, paying the people, doing all that work. To raise the first fund, my own view is that you have to have a shtick, like something you bel
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fundraising is truly a slog. It's probably worse than it's ever been. It's the same on our end going out of the institutional LPs, by the way. And I think often startups and rightfully so, see closing around as a finish line, instead of a starting li
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