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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

Both Sides of the Table

Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs. EcoMom’s metrics improved throughout this process and that’s when I decided to invest. I believe AngelList is capable of managing deal flow by acting as a filter.

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