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24 alternatives to The Twenty Minute VC: Semil Shah @ Haystack

Raising a 1st time fund & why Semil is not founder friendly

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Twenty Minute VC: Semil Shah @ Haystack launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Syndicate: Semil Shah @ Haystack.vc a pre-seed VC fund▲5

   proud early investor in Instacart, DoorDash, Hired

   2018 · its alternatives →

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   The Twenty Minute VC: Sarah Guo, Investor @ Greylock▲70

   Why conversational will be the next big thing?

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Twenty Minute VC: Dave Morin, Slow Ventures▲65

   Why building a fund is like a company

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Twenty Minute VC: Alex Bangash, Founder @ Trusted Insight▲62

   Why the whole VC industry is backward looking

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Twenty Minute VC (podcast)▲286

   Learn about venture capital, startup funding and the pitch

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   VC Flair▲219

   A fantasy VC league

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   VC Club▲130

   The Venture Capital community on Slack

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   The Twenty Minute VC: Michael Kim @ Cendana Capital▲75

   What it takes to raise a VC fund

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Twenty Minute VC: Judith Elsea, Co-Founder @ Weathergage Capital▲63

   3 Things LPs want to see from VCs

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Request For VC▲229

    Tweet a request for intros, pitch deck advice and more

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: David Cohen, Founder & Managing Director @ Techstars▲70

    Scaling Techstars Ventures & investing in Uber & Twilio

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Tim Chang, Managing Director @ Mayfield Fund▲58

    Why We Will See A Big Series B Crunch?

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Sasha Orloff, Founder & CEO @ LendUp▲64

    Raising $150m, Meeting Yuri Milner & Changing Mobile Finance

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Beezer Clarkson @ Sapphire Ventures▲76

    What LPs Look For In Prospective VCs?

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Eric Paley, Founding Partner @ Founder Collective▲64

    Venture capital is one hell of drug

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Fuck You Money Capital▲104

    The only fund you get to spend your stonks money

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Signal▲290

    Connect with the right VCs

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Steve Schlafman @ RRE Ventures▲66

    The gap between seed & series A

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Paul Martino, Founding Partner @ BullPen Capital▲56

    What Accel's Facebook Fund taught a generation of LPs

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    AngelList Funds▲249

    Invest in 100 startups at once

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Andy Rachleff, Founder @ Benchmark & Wealthfront▲65

    What makes the best CEO & board member

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Kathryn Minshew, Founder & CEO @ The Muse▲72

    How to win the fundraising game and navigate VCs

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Kara Nortman, Partner @ Upfront VC▲61

    How to truly assess founder psychology

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Dave McClure, Founding Partner @ 500 Startups▲75

    Why ownership is not the math to think about when investing

    2016 · its alternatives →

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