A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 23, 2021

I’m going with something a bit different today on Funding Friday. Longtime AVC reader Kirsten Lambertsen has created an email newsletter featuring creators and their projects across many different creator platforms. It is called Patron Hunt. It looks like this: I just signed up and you can do that too right here.

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Indigo Marketing Agency

JULY 23, 2021

Do you know why your clients like working with you over other advisors? Do you know what traits clients look for? Contrary to popular belief, it likely has very little to do with your investment performance or fees. We did some research here at Indigo Marketing Agency. We sat down with our advisors’ clients and asked them why they love working with that particular advisor.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 19, 2021

Over the last 18 months, the early-stage financing market has seen dramatic changes characterized by these three things: A shift from in-person fundraising to virtual fundraising A reduction in financing process timelines from months to weeks A continued increase in the amount of capital available for early stage companies. I believe that for the most part, these changes will be permanent.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 22, 2021

I have written about stablecoins in the past. I think they are a very important part of the crypto asset landscape. Two of the top ten crypto assets by market cap are stablecoins, Tether ($62bn) and USDC ($27bn). You don’t buy these assets to generate gains because they are price stabilized. You hold them like cash, to be able to move in and out of trades, purchase things, etc.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 20, 2021

This morning I was sitting outside of my coffee shop, sipping on a cortado and reading the news on my phone while the NY Times, which I buy for The Gotham Gal every morning, sat folded up next to me. I gave up on mainstream news media two decades ago and have been relying on the Internet for news for a long time now. By “Internet”, I mean blogs, Twitter, and increasingly, email newsletters.

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