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📶 How to use programmatic SEO to reach 200k monthly unique site visitors with Nico Cerdeira (Founder @ Failory)

📶 How to use programmatic SEO to reach 200k monthly unique site visitors with Nico Cerdeira (Founder @ Failory)

Fundamentals of programmatic SEO, ways to monetize content, and lessons on how companies have found product-market fit

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📶 Alternative ways for junior VCs to build track record with Mack Kolarich (VP @ Assure)

📶 Alternative ways for junior VCs to build track record with Mack Kolarich (VP @ Assure)

Perspectives on building track record, SPV trends, and takeaways on innovation within the VC tech stack

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📶 Portfolio construction and scenario planning with Anubhav Srivstava (Founder @ Tactyc)

📶 Portfolio construction and scenario planning with Anubhav Srivstava (Founder @ Tactyc)

Why fund managers should never be creating spreadsheets, the importance of portfolio construction and scenario planning, and what's going on behind the scenes in the venture services market

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📶 Online communities and the law of diminishing returns with David Kobrosky (CEO @ Intros AI)

📶 Online communities and the law of diminishing returns with David Kobrosky (CEO @ Intros AI)

What makes a great place to gather, differences between Web2 and Web3 communities, and similarities between choosing jobs and communities

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📶 Alexa Grabell (Co-Founder & CEO @ Pocus) on branding as a PLG company

📶 Alexa Grabell (Co-Founder & CEO @ Pocus) on branding as a PLG company

Branding as a product-led growth company, creating early demand for your product, and extracting value from investors after they write checks

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📶 Kirby Porter (Founder & CEO @ New Game Labs) on athletes and web3

📶 Kirby Porter (Founder & CEO @ New Game Labs) on athletes and web3

Figuring out your "why", NIL and its impact on college athletes, and layering on community to improve your offering

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📶 Corey Walters (CEO @ Here) on fractionalizing vacation rental income

📶 Corey Walters (CEO @ Here) on fractionalizing vacation rental income

Educating before selling, the process of fractionalizing hard assets, solving bottlenecks as you scale

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📶 Jared Fuller (Partnerships @ BuiltFirst) on ecosystem advantages

📶 Jared Fuller (Partnerships @ BuiltFirst) on ecosystem advantages

Using ecosystems to your advantage, modern partnerships 101, and how to make sure that your portfolio CEOs are making the right hires

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📶 Nik Talreja (Co-Founder & CEO @ Sydecar) on the future of SPVs

📶 Nik Talreja (Co-Founder & CEO @ Sydecar) on the future of SPVs

Why more junior investors are using SPVs to build their track record, the benefits of not building in public, and attracting top talent as an early-stage startup

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📶 Fed (Founder @ Hive Index) on qualities of elite online communities

📶 Fed (Founder @ Hive Index) on qualities of elite online communities

Things that great online communities do well, community-focused businesses, and the rise of the solopreneur

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📶 Dustin McCaffree (Founder @ Marvel) on winning the SEO game

📶 Dustin McCaffree (Founder @ Marvel) on winning the SEO game

Winning at SEO, why every company is becoming a media company, and overcoming bottlenecks

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📶 Tyler Denk (CEO @ beehiiv) on building tribalism around your product

📶 Tyler Denk (CEO @ beehiiv) on building tribalism around your product

Creating an "us vs. them" mentality, processes to ship product faster, and why free is not always better