The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal Mac Conwell: Loosing his dad and being homeless to creating Rare Breed Ventures through 1100 Twitter meetings, unpacking how he learnt Venture Capital + startups in Africa & Pakistan
Learn about power of self belief, dreaming big, dealing with the lowest of lows and coming out stronger with a level headed perspective on work and life, Mac shares his journey to founding the VC firm, Rare Beed.
Welcome to episode #72 w Mac Conwell! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:
- How his father always made Mac dream big and push to do more
- Figuring out life at age 19, after loosing his dad and being homeless to securing a job in government that paid more than what his parents earnt
- How to secure 1000+ meetings via Twitter to raise Rare Breed Ventures and 3 secrets of cold emailing
- How should founders get the attention of investors through succinct company updates
- VC's that inspire Mac and markets outside of the US he wants to invest in
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TIMESTAMPS
02:30 - From seasoning fried chicken to venture capital
03:10 - Mac’s father being a high flyer
03:45 - Dad was postal worker and Mum was bank teller
05:55 - Mr Davis & Patrick Jackson
08:00 - Success at age 20
09:15 - From lowest of lows to making an impact today
11:23 - Heroes
12:15 - Most painful learning
14:55 - Attraction to Venture Capital
16:48 - learnings about people from 1000 meetings to start RareBreed VC
20:12 - 3 biggest secrets about effective cold messaging
23:00 - Managing influx of requests
24:20 - Giving founders the room not to be perfect
28:00 - How to get VC’s attention with company performance update
29:35 - Founders that make the receptionist rich, make everyone rich
32:38 - Not hiring the quarterback
36:46 - Market outlook
38:00 - Interest in Africa and Pakistan startup ecosystem
39:45 - Inspiring VC’s and founders
42:05 - Final sprint
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