'vc pitch' Tag
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How to pitch us
March 31, 2024As General Partners of Shizen Capital, we consider ourselves very fortunate to work as venture capitalists. We each also happen to have founded tech startups in our prior careers before entering the VC world. Although we would love to believe that we are brilliant, the reality is that we’ve been lucky. Any flashes of wisdom […]
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One of the most basic errors in pitching a VC rears its head again
February 27, 2017A lot has been written on why entrepreneurs who are pitching for VC funding should aim for endorsed introductions rather than sending unsolicited emails as strangers. I’ve even crafted some guidelines for entrepreneurs in How To Pitch Me (connect via one of my portfolio companies, engage with me on my blog, approach me at a […]
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How to pitch me
September 24, 2013I consider myself really fortunate to work as a VC. It feeds my ego to think I’m smart, but the truth is that my smarts come mainly from exposure in high volumes to truly smart people, i.e. you, the entrepreneurs. My purported wisdom derives mainly from the catbird seat my job affords me to witness […]