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How to Have a Venture Capital Coffee Chat
A VC coffee chat is a short research conversation. Bring one point of view, ask questions the website cannot answer, and leave a next step that does not spend someone else's reputation.
What is pre-seed funding?
Pre-seed funding is the first outside capital before a priced seed round. How it differs from friends and family and seed, who writes checks, and how VCs screen the deal.
How to Become a Venture Capital Scout
A practical guide to becoming a venture capital scout: what the role is, how programs pay, how to get in, red flags, and when a salaried VC seat is the better move.
What is a convertible note?
A convertible note is short-term debt that converts into equity at a later priced round. How the cap, discount, interest, and maturity work, plus how to screen one in diligence.
Day in the Life of a Venture Capital Analyst
A practical day-in-the-life guide for venture capital analysts, with a timestamped schedule, work products, fund-type variants, and a path into open roles.
How to Get a Venture Capital Internship
Scarce VC internship seats, four realistic paths, firm research, outreach, materials, and interview prep, plus what to do once you are in.
How to Negotiate a Venture Capital Associate Offer
A practical sequence for negotiating a venture capital associate offer, from cash benchmarks and carry documents to scope and a two-offer scorecard.
Day in the Life of a Venture Capital Associate
A practical day-in-the-life guide for venture capital associates, with a timestamped schedule, firm-type variants, ladder comparisons, and a path into open roles.
Deal Sourcing: Meaning, Process, and Strategies
What deal sourcing means in private markets, how it differs from deal flow and origination, and how PE, VC, and advisory teams run the process.
409A Valuation: Process, Safe Harbor, and Startup Checklist
A practical guide to 409A valuations: timing, safe harbor, valuation methods, report review, board approval, and what the number means for employees.
How to Build a Startup Hiring Plan After Funding
A practical post-funding hiring framework that connects every role to a milestone, budget, ramp period, owner, and stop-or-revisit trigger.
12 Best Venture Capital Books: What to Read First and Why
A role-based shortlist of 12 venture capital books, with honest limitations, reading paths, and a 30-day plan to turn ideas into applied work.