John Smothers (Ambassador Program Lead @ Acrew Capital)

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This week we had on John Smothers (@smothers_john) from Acrew Capital.

Acrew is a multi-strategy fund focused on modernizing security and infrastructure, rebuilding financial services, reimagining the future of work, better connecting datasets, and activated communities. Within his role, John focuses on sourcing pre-seed companies that match the funds’ thesis.

In this talk, we discuss:

• The opportunity to build businesses on top of existing online communities

• The irony of relying on pattern matching when investing in the future potential of companies

• How venture is becoming a hospitality business

Check out the full episode below:

➡️ Lessons from this episode can be found here ⬅️

💰 Screendoor is looking for emerging fund managers to back

👨‍💻 The most-comprehensive VC tech stack I’ve come across

👥 The next generation of community infrastructure

⭐️ Playbook to become a better leader

📢 Tactical advice when starting to build your audience

🏦 Deep dive on fintech 3.0, rebuilding financial infractusture, and DeFi

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

• 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

• Flyover Capital is looking a venture associate in Kansas

• Ensemble VC is looking for an associate in Austin

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