📶 Confluence.VC Wisdom #13

Advice on setting up fund II decks, salary data on Series A/B companies, carry contracts for associates, loan facility options for funds, plus four companies I like right now

📶 Kenny Rose (Founder @ FranShares) on alternative ways to build passive income

Cash flow compared to speculative bets, creating hype before a product launch, and unromantic parts of startup life

📶 January 2022 Recap

The four things that matter as a VC, building recruiting marketplaces, how the best online communities monetize, and advice and deal flow from Confluence.VC

📶 Confluence.VC Wisdom #12

📶 How the best online communities monetize

Money-making lessons from Makerpad, Lenny Ratchisky, Visualize Value, Trends.vc, Nomad List, and Bankless

📶 Jake Barry & Kai Han (Co-Founders @ Pallet) on building recruiting marketplaces

The past, current, and future state of business recruiting, community-based marketing, and creating value through aggregation

📶 Confluence.VC Wisdom #11

Best platforms for expert calls, resources for learning cap tables, best places and people for founders to pitch, plus three companies that I like right now

📶 Amir Kabir (Partner @ AV8 Ventures) on the four things that matter as a VC

The hierarchy of VC priorities, finding product-market fit as an insurtech business, and looking for honesty when evaluating founding teams

📶 Confluence.VC 2021 Recap

Our playbook and high-level takeaways from a year worth of experiments

📶 Coolest Things I Learned Over the Past Year

100 lessons from 100,000 experiments

📶 Confluence.VC Wisdom #10

Motion design software, web3 tools for music artists, a better newsletter platform for creators, and an easier way to gather customer testimonials

📶 Kristofer Martin (Principal @ Will Ventures) on what makes former athletes worth betting on

Successful traits of athletes-turned-founders, applying skills from different backgrounds, and sectors and opportunities within consumer tech