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20VC: Why Being First To Market Does Not Matter, Why You Do Not Have Defensibility on Day 1, How to Analyse Market Size and Present it to Investors, Vitamins vs Painkillers; Do Vitamins Survive Recessions and Good vs Great Messaging with Guy Podjarny @ Sn

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

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How to Fundraise With Venture Investors

I think the biggest mistake angels make investing with VCs is underappreciating the different contexts. My first filter is, do I want to get on a call with this person again? Do I like them? And then is this an area of interest to me? Ironically, for instance, I don't invest that much in cyber. It's really because they stay small and come back to being almost entirely focused on operational excellence. There needs to be something a little bit out of the ordinary. Most of my money is in the venture of my business, like everything around me. Don't just think of it as an asset.

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