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Roundtable Recap: July 17 – AI Investment Thesis with Alex Benik, Encoded Ventures
During this week’s roundtable, we had Alex Benik, Partner / Founder at Encoded Ventures, discussing the fund’s investment thesis. Great discussion on how we each view the disruptions AI is causing on multiple fronts. VCs investing today have to think about the next 5-7 year window and what changes are likely to come. You can
693rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Ray Wu, Alumni Ventures AI Fund
Ray Wu, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures AI Fund, discusses the fund’s investment thesis.
693rd 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording
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Roundtable Recap: July 10 – AI Investment Thesis with Ray Wu, Alumni Ventures AI Fund
During this week’s roundtable, we had Ray Wu, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures AI Fund, discussing the fund’s investment thesis. Axon Network KI As for our entrepreneur pitches, first we had Antony Alappatt from Chennai, India, pitch Axon Network Karmic Intelligence. Q3D Sensing, Inc. Next we had Tainyue Yu from Santa Clara, California, pitch Q3D
692nd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Amir Kabir, Overlook Ventures
Amir Kabir, Founding Partner at Overlook Ventures, discusses his new firm’s investment Thesis around Risk. In addition, we had a great discussion on what younger aspiring entrepreneurs should do: jump into entrepreneurship right away, or learn a domain in a job.
692nd 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording
In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording of this roundtable here:
Seedstrapping to Exit
In 1Mby1M, we like Seedstrapping to Exit. An example would be Adya’s acquisition by Qualys. Adya raised a small seed round. I introduced them to Philippe Courtot, CEO of Qualys. Qualys acquired Adya. For our Seed Capital series of podcasts, I’ve interviewed hundreds of investors, especially micro-VCs and angels who play an important role in
Build Your Company Before Chasing Venture Capital
Are you trying to get into Y Combinator? Beware, they have a 98% rejection rate. They need to see that you are building something that can be blitzscaled with gobs of venture capital. Blitzscaling, however, is NOT the only way to build a successful company. Bootstrap First, Raise Money Later is a MUCH better strategy
