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VC Fundamentals Part 1: Sourcing

2020/6/10
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本期节目探讨了风险投资中的资源搜寻,这是风险投资家日常工作中的首要环节,也是决定投资组合的关键。节目中,两位主持人深入分析了资源搜寻的重要性,并探讨了三种主要策略:通才机会主义、主题驱动和主题投资。通才机会主义策略依赖于广泛的人脉网络,而主题驱动策略则专注于特定领域,主题投资策略则介于两者之间,在特定主题内进行投资。 此外,节目还介绍了四种资源搜寻策略:主动搜寻、被动搜寻、推荐和自主开发。主动搜寻是指风险投资家主动联系创业者,被动搜寻是指创业者主动联系风险投资家,推荐是指通过他人推荐获得投资机会,自主开发是指风险投资家自主开发交易渠道,例如创业工作室。 节目中,两位主持人还分享了六种具体的资源搜寻策略:公共关系和公众形象、技术领域沉浸式学习、成为特定领域的知名投资者、利用特定人才网络、进行后期投资以及积极争取机会。这些策略各有优劣,需要根据自身情况选择最有效的策略组合。 最后,节目还讨论了风险投资资源搜寻中可能存在的偏见问题,以及如何打破现有网络的局限性,并强调了个人影响力在资源搜寻中的重要性。节目指出,社交媒体平台为风险投资资源搜寻提供了新的途径,建立社区也是一种有效的策略。 本期节目深入探讨了风险投资资源搜寻的策略和方法,并强调了资源搜寻的重要性。节目中,两位主持人分享了丰富的经验和见解,对风险投资家、创业者和风险资本消费者都有重要的参考价值。 节目首先阐述了资源搜寻的重要性,指出其决定了风险投资基金的投资组合,并强调了持续搜寻的重要性。随后,节目介绍了三种主要的资源搜寻策略:通才机会主义、主题驱动和主题投资,并对每种策略进行了详细的解释和案例分析。 接着,节目深入探讨了四种资源搜寻方法:主动搜寻、被动搜寻、推荐和自主开发,并对每种方法的优缺点进行了分析。此外,节目还分享了六种具体的资源搜寻策略,包括公共关系、技术领域沉浸式学习、成为特定领域的专家、利用人才网络、进行后期投资以及积极争取机会。 最后,节目讨论了风险投资资源搜寻中可能存在的偏见问题,并强调了打破现有网络局限性、利用个人影响力和建立社区的重要性。节目指出,社交媒体平台为风险投资资源搜寻提供了新的途径,并建议风险投资家根据自身情况选择最有效的策略组合。

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Sourcing is crucial in venture capital as it determines the quality of investments a VC can make. It involves meeting entrepreneurs, understanding their journeys, and respecting their time, even if an investment doesn't materialize.

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Despite many advances in industry transparency over the past ~10 years, much about the actual "jobs of a VC" remains locked inside firm/institutional knowledge and venture's apprenticeship model. With this new series, we aim to change that. Our goal is to draw back the curtain on what the actual tasks are that VCs do day-to-day, how you can learn them, and ultimately what's required to succeed. We hope this series will be helpful both to anyone looking to break into the industry and to those who are already practicing and also for entrepreneurs and consumers of venture capital to understand more about the motivations and activities of those across the table!

In this episode we start with sourcing: what it is, why it's important, who does it and when, and -- most importantly -- the brass tacks of where to look and how to do it.

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