Mistakes I made my first time raising (for Scalar GP round)

- did a party round since was oversubscribed and had a hard time saying no, reduces incentive for people to help

- focused on brand names more than who is helpful

- first pitch was a VC we really liked, hadn't practiced enough and should've saved for later

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

It’s interesting to hear the emphasis of names brands carryover from startups to raising a fund.

I wonder why we’re all so conditioned to pursue that (and I know there are great name brand VCs)

Engineering @Dune

Prev: Head of Eng @rabbithole, cofounder Mint Songs (acq Napster), Housecall Pro (🦄) 
Advisor: Napster, Webstacks

This was for Scalar GP (management company) round so it was a lot closer to a startup round than raising from fund LPs. These investors shared on ownership of our fund and any future funds we started