VC10X - Founders should be a student of revenue - Promise Phelon, Founder, Growth Warrior Capital

Promise Phelon is an operator turned investor. She is the Founder & Managing Partner at Growth Warrior Capital where they are investing in Seed & Series A enterprise AI companies.

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Growth Warrior Capital website - https://www.growthwarriorcapital.com/

Growth Warrior Capital YouTube - https://youtube.com/@growthwarriorcapital?si=U7j97S7O0pjW_dek

Promise on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/promisephelon

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In this episode we talk about -

- Promise's story and how she started investing

- Investing in 'dangerous' founders at Growth Warrior Capital

- How she helps her portfolio companies set up for success

- Raising majority of fund 1 from institutional limited partners

- What it means to be a student of revenue

- Exit landscape

& lots more

Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction of Promise Phelon and her background

(03:13) Founding of Growth Warrior Capital and the story behind its name

(06:27) Experience as a woman of color in the tech and venture capital industry

(10:06) The type of founders Growth Warrior Capital looks to back

(11:28) Sectors and focus areas of investment

(13:05) How Promise helps portfolio companies get off the ground

(16:27) Structuring the VC firm and raising from LPs

(21:16) YouTube series "Mastering the CEO Journey"

(23:33) What early-stage founders get wrong

(25:37) What it means to be a "student of revenue"

(28:05) Insights on leading a company to a successful exit

(31:07) Current exit landscape and how founders should navigate it

(32:54) Diversity and inclusion in venture capital

(38:18) Rapid fire round covering investment details

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