thebarefootvc
JULY 3, 2017
I knew, because of my broad network, female and other minority founders would comprise a large percentage of the fund. Or a male founder who can do the same, but prefers to stay off social media and recharge by spending time with his family? The post The LP Opportunity to Change Tech Culture appeared first on The Barefoot VC.
This is going to be BIG.
OCTOBER 5, 2012
Your team does a good job hustling around to find good teams, but the reality is that your dealflow is more dependent on your network than it is any kind of objective criteria. I know how hard it is myself because I used to vet VCs for a living when I was on the insitituional LP side. They don't know you exist and you don't know them.
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thebarefootvc
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
”, almost exactly 2 years ago to this day at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in NYC as part of Social Media Week. At the time I noted that this created opportunity for other platforms to become more globally dominant, particularly as countries in the emerging markets leapfrogged wireline networks to ever faster mobile networks.
Hunter Walker
JANUARY 5, 2014
I think networking is a terrible word. ” I try to spend zero percent of my life networking. So I’m always trying to stay current with the people in our industry that I care about and find new voices – via social media, via our founders, via friends – to engage. 3) General Relationship Building.
Haystack
JUNE 1, 2018
Let me be perfectly clear — I do not know anything about SV Angel’s inner workings, and in all of my own interactions with Kevin, Topher, Brian, and @pm (when he was there), SV Angel was extremely helpful and friendly as many people have attested to on social media. (I I have never met Ron but hope to one day.).
David Teten
JANUARY 23, 2021
Yohei Nakajima, Founder of Untapped.vc , said, “Before pitching LPs and building my firm, I talked with over 50 people I knew to get feedback.” . Set up the basic marketing toolkit: deck, website, accurate online databases, and social media accounts. . For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
The historic capital-raising process is driven by face-to-face networking and salesmanship. A more efficient approach is to mine the data exhaust from the Limited Partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them. 2) Raise capital. 6) Negotiate deal.
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