

Episode 27: William Mcquillan- Building Frontline Ventures
About William Mcquillan:
My next guest on The One Percent Project is William Mcquillan. William is a founding partner at Frontline Ventures. Frontline is an early-stage venture capital fund with €250M under management and over 100 investments across Europe and the US. He was the youngest Partner of a European VC fund when Frontline was founded.
In this conversation, he talks about:
- Why he wears square and circular spectacles?
- The US Vs European VC industry and how it correlates to the Asian VC landscape.
- Building a brand: Firm Vs Personal.
- When should founders reach out to VCs and why timing matters?
- The learnings from Frontline’s gender study report.
Key Take-Aways:
- Why founders are the actual customers of a VC fund?
- How one should think about building a brand?
- The importance of self-awareness and how it helps leaders to build big companies.
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