Some thoughts if you're in / going into venture

- treat founders with empathy not just lottery tickets, you'd be surprised by how often that happens

- find other investors you respect / enjoy working with early on

- do research before founder meetings, come prepared with questions

- be quick with any follow ups

Building @bountycaster (bountycaster.xyz). Co-producer on an Ethereum documentary. Previously co-founder of Scalar Capital and product at Coinbase

what is the current state of pitch decks? do you still believe in them as a vehicle for sharing what i'm proposing investors to invest in?

how would you do it today if you are trying to raise funds?

I've never been religious about pitch decks, I have invested in plenty of teams where it was a notion doc or they just demoed the product

However, I would say it's pretty expected by a lot of funds so I personally would default to it unless you have a bunch of close relationships where you know it doesn't matter￼