Inbound vs. outbound deal flow (VC School) + Jason Jacobs of My Climate Journey | E1425
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2022
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Sunday double-header! In the opening VC Sunday School segment, Jason discusses deal flow (1:43), you will learn:
1. Inbound vs. outbound deal flow
2. Tactics VCs use to streamline their deal flow
3. Jason's philosophy on responding to founders - Your process is my opportunity
Then, Molly chats with Jason Jacobs of My Climate Journey about scaling climate tech investing, inspiring people to solve climate problems and the tangible value of community (21:27).
(00:00) Jason and Molly introduce the show
(01:43) VCSS: Inbound/outbound deal flow in VC
(11:30) Rocket - Go to http://getrocket.com/twist and use promo code TWIST for 20% off your first placement.
(12:42) Introductions and double opt-in tactics
(19:16) Introducing the This Week in Climate Startups segment
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(21:27) TWiCS w/Jason Jacobs of My Climate Journey
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(32:32) “Climate touches everything”
(39:13) When did the community and content become capital?
(49:48) How Jason Jacobs invests
(57:14) The Climate Startup Jason wished existed
Check out My Climate Journey: https://www.mcjcollective.com/
FOLLOW Jason Jacobs: https://twitter.com/jjacobs22
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, everybody, it is Sunday, meaning it's this week in climate startups. |
| 0:04.6 | But first, another addition of VC's Sunday school. |
| 0:08.8 | Molly Wood is wrapping up her first quarter, her first 90 days as an investor. |
| 0:13.2 | And as we go into the second quarter, she's got a bunch of deals that she's pursuing. |
| 0:16.8 | And we're starting to close some deals in the climate space. |
| 0:19.1 | But we're going to talk about what comes before you close the deal, which is deal flow. |
| 0:22.8 | Both inbound people emailing you as an investor and then hunting the outbound where the magic happens. |
| 0:28.7 | And then I interview who I'm calling the Pied Piper of Climate Tech. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm so excited about this. |
| 0:33.1 | I've been listening to him forever, Jason Jacobs of My Climate Journey. |
| 0:36.3 | It is an awesome, coral wind of an interview. |
| 0:39.8 | And it's going to be a great show. |
| 0:41.6 | Stick with us. |
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