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

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Anecdotally I saw way more empathy when the investor was previously a founder

I honestly didn't know how hard it was to be a founder until my husband went through it and I experienced a small portion of it through starting a fund

Do you think number 1 is as common amongst investors that were previously founders?

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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￼

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?

Great advice. Thanks for sharing.

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i've always appreciated how you consistently executed #1

Thats what im talking about, i have my first conference in a couple weeks and im a bit nervous. I love crypto in all its forms but im more of an engineer and physicist but trade so i hope i dont get beat up too bad for being in this space, my 3 yrs in crypto feels like in just ready for kindergarten, lol