Monique Woodard, Fund of Funds Panel & The Pro-Rata Yacht! | E2018
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 2 October 2024
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Timestamps:
(1:18) Alex kicks off the show!
(2:27) Our Fund of Funds panel from Liquidity Summit 2024 take the stage. (2:54) Insights from Ben Choi on Fund of Funds (6:25) Emerging Manager Funds with Michael Downing
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(13:38) Challenges for Emerging Managers in Venture Capital
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(21:30) Venture Capital Performance with Seyonne Kang
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(33:30) Monique Woodard on Raising a First Fund (38:35) Debunking Myths of Raising a First Fund (40:46) Importance of Individual vs. Institutional Investors (42:18) Building Relationships for Subsequent Funds (43:45) Identifying Your Ideal LP Persona (45:19) Leveraging Your Fund's Unique Strengths (49:24) Strategies for Fund 2 and Beyond *
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| 0:00.0 | I've heard that there's some angel investors or syndicate leads here who have been in companies |
| 0:05.2 | like Uber Thumbtack and Robin Hood. |
| 0:08.1 | We modeled out a little simulation and said, Jason, if you just had an extra 250k to go into the series B of each of those. |
| 0:16.2 | This is my talk to Mars. |
| 0:20.2 | What would that have translated to? And you can see the name of the yacht which is pro-rata? |
| 0:26.7 | Yeah, thank you. Wow, you know the wound's still open so if you could put a little more soft in it that would be granted. |
| 0:32.8 | This week in startups is brought to you by, |
| 0:35.4 | Square Space. |
| 0:36.7 | Turn your idea into a new website. |
| 0:39.0 | Go to Square Space.com slash Twist for a free trial. |
| 0:42.8 | When you're ready to launch, use offer code twist to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. |
| 0:49.4 | Gusto. |
| 0:50.3 | Gusto is easy online payroll, benefits, and HR built for modern small businesses. |
| 0:57.0 | Get three months free when you run your first payroll at gusto.com slash Twist and Runway looking to level up your financial planning |
| 1:07.1 | Runway is the modern and intuitive way to model plan and align your business for |
| 1:12.1 | everyone on your team. |
| 1:13.6 | Sign up at runway.com slash twist to get your first three months free. |
| 1:18.0 | Hey everybody, Alex here. |
| 1:20.0 | I have a couple of absolute treats for you today. |
| 1:23.0 | We have two more talks from our liquidity summit. |
| 1:26.0 | So up first we have our Fund of Funds panel. |
| 1:29.5 | That means you're going to hear from Ben Joy from Next Legacy Ventures, Michael Downey from MDSV, and |
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