Week 18: Change of pace.
Sunsetting Venture Vantage, and welcoming No NDA Required.
Housekeeping
Welcome to our first week as No NDA Required. We’re here to fill the void that exists between emerging fund managers to de-gatekeep our ecosystem.
I felt that Venture Vantage wasn’t accomplishing my intended goal. It was a great entrance into the world of newsletter writing, but my audience felt unrelated to what I hoped to achieve in the venture ecosystem.
While founders are at the core of what we do, I really love talking to investors and helping them grow their funds. No NDA Required is exactly what it sounds like: a specialized, open forum to share information, events, lessons, perks, and more with our investor community. There’s nothing investors hate more than information behind an NDA, yet we’re quick to exclude others from so many facets of the emerging manager ecosystem. We want access to information, but are often the very ones to limit access.
What I hope to achieve with No NDA Required is a lot more aligned with what I hope to achieve with my personal brand: building an incredible network of mission-aligned investors who believe startups are the best vehicle for change.
People often talk about the challenge of “breaking into” venture, but no one talks about the challenge of “building up” venture. Starting a fund is incredibly challenging, and there are almost no resources to help fund managers. Hopefully, NNR will help provide some clear direction to learn from the mistakes of others.
My hope is that No NDA Required (NNR) isn’t just a newsletter, and that it really evolves into a community. Whether that community manifests as group dinners, a Slack channel, or a rotating circuit of coffee chats, I’ll be happy so long as we’re all meeting some really epic people along the way.
This isn’t just for emerging managers—it’s for anyone supporting an emerging manager, too. Whether you’re applying for your first VC role, or are anything from an intern to a fund admin, there will be plenty here for you.
I know not everyone will be happy about this change, but hopefully there’s still things in NNR you find valuable, even if you’re not working in VC.
I plan to avoid having the repetitive, templated format of VV, and instead have spontaneous and relevant information each week. Some weeks may be long, some weeks may be short, but it should always be valuable.
Thank you in advance for your continued support.
Diving right in and keeping things brief:
On my radar:
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