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Do you take VC meetings even if you aren't fundraising? Pros: - establish relationships - possible customers - possible intros to other VCs - product feedback (though quality is debatable) Cons: - time consuming - doesn't get you closer to pmf - VCs can be good at wasting your time

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if the VC is asking for the meeting make them earn it!

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I do not personally, except for very few exceptions. When you're not fundraising, you should be heads down building. And, corollary, when you're fundraising, you should stop building (easier said than done!) and be heads down fundraising and talking to as many VCs as you can in as little time as possible.

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Only speak with VCs who you know can help you move the needle (either by recommendation or gut feeling)! Your attention should be on product and growth.

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imo: if you're not funded yet, it's not the best use of your time if you're in-between rounds, i think it's a net positive

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Time better spend w/ users, future users, clients, or ur service providers, etc, aka who’s directly relevant to ur biz at the moment

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Depends on how you're getting the meeting (warm intro or cold outreach) and the VC's role at their fund. If I'm not actively raising, I would only take meetings from a warm intro and if it's a partner+ at the fund. Otherwise, it's mostly analysts collecting data

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As a first timer pre-funding, I resist the urge to make “vc meetings” a vanity metric. I take one or two here and there for accountability and nothing more.

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The space my product is in has no VCs even interested in it. That being said, I have had *some* meetings and I find them super useful for demystifying assumptions I've had about people caring about DNS and TLDs. These meetings have saved me spending too much time on a pitch deck. I'm now focused on just building.

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Only when fundraising

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Dogan pfp

Currently accepting all the intros from VC’s but we just stopped it until product launch (our time is sssooooo limited)

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i avoid taking vc meetings when not fundraising. the cons outweigh the pros.

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Yes but sparingly, and not for product feedback. Only with funds I’ve wanted to meet/who wanted to meet us that came in through the immediate network.

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I will value any feedback they can give me. There should always be a take away from that conversation anyway, tacit knowledge and such.

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Ricky Tan pfp

No, been in too many of them which ended up being VCs trying to extract information and/or using it as due diligence for funding a new competitor

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Gajesh pfp

depends on the VC. mostly yes. once a VC just came in as a spy of competitor. (when i was a founder)

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My filter on this was replying to any inbounds with "not interested, but I'm happy to talk to a partner." The serious ones respond, the associates usually ghost.

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