Recapping July Guests

Confluence.VC is a resource library and private community for venture and growth equity investors. Since launching, membership has grown to include:

📝 NOTE: We’ve had a lot of interesting talks recently, and we’re trying something new with the format this week. Let us know at the bottom if you like or hate this!

Each week in this newsletter, you will find:

📌 Curated roles from our job board focused on jobs in VC + at venture-backed startups

🔥 A list of companies currently fundraising through Commonapp.vc

💭 Perspectives from the next wave of investors and operators

🤝 Opportunities to back our syndicate and invest with this community of investors

🧠 Links and other helpful resources to make you a better thinker

⭐️Recapping Guests This Month

• Lessons learned from David

• Lessons learned from Yohei

• Lessons learned from Ariana

📖 Links we like:

📈 15 principles on dealing with adversity while bootstrapping a business

💬 Great thread and essay to make you a better storyteller

🤔 A simple mental model to improve your ability to solve problems

🤝 Awesome piece on misconceptions around bundling and unbundling

✍️ Lessons from Amazon to make copywriting one of your superpowers

❌ The internet beats bad business models

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

• Visible is looking for a remote Founder Success Manager

• On Deck is looking for a remote Program Director of Venture Capital

• Dialetic is looking for a Head of People & Culture in Switzerland

• 137 Ventures is looking for an analyst in SF

• Pallet is looking for a Swiss Army Knife in NYC

For more job openings in venture or at venture-backed startups, check out our job board. If you're interested in featuring a role, head to this link and tap "post a job".

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FYI: We have included founders’ contact info so that you can reach out directly to the ones that are most interesting.

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