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20VC: Semil Shah on The Biggest Mistakes VCs and LPs Made Over the Last 24 Months, Why LP Churn is Coming, Core Lessons on Scaling from $1M Haystack Fund I to Today and How To Find, Win and Manage LPs as an Emerging Manager

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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Navigating Fund Sizes and Talent in VC

This chapter explores Haystack's strategic approach to maintaining a $50 million fund size while addressing the challenges of competitive seed rounds and evolving pre-seed structures. It emphasizes the critical balance between identifying both talent and entrepreneurial drive in potential founders to ensure successful investments.

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