The Shopify Growth Show VC Secrets with Jenny Fielding (#97)
Oct 10, 2022
44:05
This week Jim is joined by the Jenny Fielding, a general partner at The Fund with an incredible amount of experience in startup acceleration and venture capital. Jenny shares her amazing journey and gets into the nitty gritty of being a successful VC and how to attract funding as a startup.
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE
- The journey to VC
- The advantage law school gives in business
- Starting a corporate accelerator in Europe
- Pros and cons to startup studios
- How do you define grit
- Genesis of The Fund
- Tips to getting VC attention
- Fundraising in a cold market
- The upside of a market reset
- Tips for teaching
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