Ariana Thacker (Founding Partner @ Conscience VC)

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This week we had on Ariana Thacker of Conscience VC.

Conscience is an early-stage fund investing at the intersection of consumer and science. The fund backs pre-seed and seed companies within this thesis, and it tries to be the first check written when it has the chance. Ariana is the founding partner of the fund, and she wears many hats in her role.

In this talk, we discuss:

• Tactical advice on raising a first-time fund without an existing network

• Growth hacking tips to expand your reach

• Deal breakers when evaluating founding teams

• Why Conscience is betting on the intersection of science and consumer

Check out the full episode below:

➡️ Lessons from this episode can be found here ⬅️

📧 How to write better cold emails

🧠 Ultimate list of startup mental models (Part 1 + Part 2)

⍰ 17 Questions That Changed My Life (Tim Ferriss)

👩‍💻 Should you be selling to individuals or teams?

💰 List of LPs investing in micro-VCs

🙅‍♂️ Great piece on mistakes that VCs make when fundraising

📈 Unit Economics and the Pursuit of Scale Invariance

👑 Why content is no longer king

For our full list of curated investor and operator roles, check out the Confluence.VC Job Board below:

• 137 Ventures is looking for an analyst in SF

• Pallet is looking for a Swiss Army Knife in NYC

• Endeavor is looking for an investment associate in NYC

• First Round is looking for a chief of staff in SF

• Section 32 is looking for a principal in SF

• Compound is looking for an investor in NYC

• Boldstart Ventures is looking for an associate in NYC

• B Capital Group is looking for a healthcare associate in SF

• Ensemble VC is looking for an associate in Austin

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