Podcasts are sometimes escapism for me, which is why I don’t hearken to very many about tech or enterprise capital. Besides The Studying Nook from Precursor, as a result of I really like Charles Hudson.
Just a few months again they had been discussing Solo GPs and a few methods their processes differ from bigger partnerships. Prompted by a weblog publish from Ubiquity Ventures, Charles notes “the entire ‘I couldn’t get it by my companions,’ I’ve all the time discovered that to be a very unsatisfying factor to inform a founder,” for causes of mental honesty, competency and/or company.
CHARLES WE ARE SINGING FROM THE SAME HYMNAL MY FRIEND. Right here’s the publish I wrote some time again about the identical subject.
So, for those who’re elevating from a multipartner VC agency, as most are, it’s best to all the time:
I. Perceive the choice making course of on the agency
II. Use your lead associate that will help you perceive the agency’s basic sentiment in the direction of offers like yours (partnerships have lengthy histories and they’re going to/gained’t like offers as a result of it reminds them of successes/failures up to now)
III. Assist your lead associate with their companions. You need as many advocates within the associate assembly as doable. Work with, however not round, your lead associate to ID backchannel references you might be offering, and so on
And all the time enroll any present buyers that will help you navigate this – Homebrew will help 
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