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

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This week we had on Kristofer Martin (@K_Swizzy20) from Will Ventures.

Will is an early-stage fund that invests in consumer, health, and media companies. Their entire team is former college athletes, and they look to back founders with the same type of background.

In this talk, we discuss:

• successful traits of athletes-turned-founders

• applying skills from different backgrounds

• sectors and opportunities within consumer tech

Check out the full episode below:

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📋 7 SaaS golden rules

🧠 18 things you won’t learn in business books

🤝 10 sales tactics that actually work

💥 Examples of ads that don’t suck

🔁 Paradoxes of modern life

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💁‍♀️ How to become a better venture analyst

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