Welcome to Hate Your Deck, where we interview investors to learn what they look for when assessing startups.
Hate Your Deck
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Podcast Overview
Welcome to Hate Your Deck, where we interview investors to learn what they look for when assessing startups.
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5/25/2022
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Recent Episodes
July 27, 2022
4. Mastering the Fundraising Mindset with Rich Maloy of SpringTime Ventures
In this week's Hate Your Deck episode, I spoke with Rich Maloy [https://www.linkedin.com/in/richmaloy/], who is a fellow podcaster at The VC Minute and Managing Partner at SpringTime Ventures. SpringTime Ventures seeds high-growth startups in healthcare, fintech, logistics, and marketplace businesses. They look for founders with domain expertise, forging a path with truly transformative technology, and only invest in software-based businesses in the USA. Tune in to hear: * Rich's career journey and move to Colorado * The fundraising mindset * When you should not mention exits * The one thing never to leave out of a fundraising deck
July 13, 2022
3: The two non-negotiable things investors looks for and how venture engineering is changing the game with Rahul Bhansali of Formation Venture Engineering
In this week's Hate Your Deck episode, I spoke with Rahul [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-bhansali/]Bhansali, a former risk analyst turned serial entrepreneur. Based in California, he invests in and builds game-changing life sciences technology, pre-planning acquisitions for optimal outcomes that serve founders, investors, and the world. Rahul is currently a Partner / Co-founder at Formation Venture Engineering, an accelerated, hands-on investing method that builds companies around game-changing technologies as well as on the board of a Re-Nuble. He has founded / co-founded 4 companies in organic food home delivery, physical commodity trade consulting, industrial safety technology, and accelerated-exit venture investing. Tune in to hear: * His journey into entrepreneurship (including how he helped his mom start an organic food company!) * What venture engineering is and how this approach will change the game * Tips for getting the most out of interview research * The two non-negotiable things Rahul looks for in founders
June 14, 2022
2: How to Make Your Pitch Stand Out & Easy Pitfalls to Avoid with Sarah Applebaum of Pangaea Ventures
In this week's Hate Your Deck episode, I spoke with Sarah Applebaum [https://ca.linkedin.com/in/sarahapplebaum], a former head hunter turned badass VC. Based in Vancouver, she regularly partners with Hate Your Deck to provide deck reviews with incredible speed and efficacy. Currently a Partner at Pangea Ventures, which focuses on investing in companies with world-class advanced materials innovation with a focus on Energy, Electronics, Health, and Sustainability. She previously worked at RenewableTech Ventures, an early-stage VC investing in climate teach and cleantech companies in Canada and the US. Sarah has also fundraised multiple times going to her own investors, so she has experience on both sides of the table. She speaks about how incredibly humbling it is to have to dial for dollars to raise money for a fund and how it helps build empathy in her role as a VC. Tune in to hear: * Considerations when raising money for a fund * How VC's determine valuation pricing * How VC's assess deep tech pitches without subject matter expertise * How to make your pitch stand out & what not to do
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