74: Life of a VC: Navigating the World of Venture Capital with Nichole, Wischoff Ventures | 1947 VC

Nichole Wischoff is the solo GP of Wischoff Ventures where she’s investing into pre-seed & Seed stage unsexy businesses out of a $20M fund II. Before venture, Nichole was an operator at 2 successful companies, one that was acquired by Walmart. Timestamps : 00:00: Highlights of Key Moments 00:33: Introduction to the Podcast with Nichole 02:00: Initiation of Angel Investing and Creation of Wischoff Ventures 03:00: Founding of Wischoff Ventures Linked to Angel Investing Success 05:38: Application of First Fund Lessons to Second Fund 10:42: Clear Playbook Development for Solo GP Fund Building with Twitter's Aid 15:28: Evaluation of Nashville's Advantages and Drawbacks Compared to Tech Hubs 17:44: Influence of Non-Tech Hub Residence on Independent Thinking 19:11: Identification and Discussion of Venture Capital Misconceptions 21:15: Advice for Operators Transitioning to Venture Capital 23:50: Gratifying and Challenging Aspects of Building Wischoff Ventures 26:06: Insights into Capital Raising from First Fund to Second 29:21: Preferred Investment Targets as an LP 30:24: Common New Fund Manager Mistakes and Lead Investor Role Transition 34:50: Current Non-Work Obsessions 36:43: Alternate Focus if Not Engaged with Wischoff 39:16: The three invitees to dinner with Nichole 🔗 CONNECT WITH NICHOLE WISCHOFF 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholewi... 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/NWischoff 🔗 CONNECT WITH SHIVA 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://1947tech.substack.com/ 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiQ... 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/shivassangwan 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/1947Rise 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiva-sin...