It's raising season, and you know what that means. Young, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed startup founders have flocked to San Francisco for introductions. We cover how to appropriately go about getting introductions, Partiful vs Luma events, Twitter vs LinkedIn, and much more. I also caught up with Paige Finn Doherty, Founding Partner of Behind Genius Ventures and author of the children's book "From Seed to Harvest: A Simple Explanation of Venture Capital," to talk about her time getting intros and raising money.
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