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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

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

   Why conversational will be the next big thing?

   2017 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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   Twenty Minute VC: Dave Morin, Slow Ventures▲65

   Why building a fund is like a company

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

   Why the whole VC industry is backward looking

   2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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   The Twenty Minute VC: Sam Lessin @ Slow Ventures & Fin▲62

   Why bots change business & the internet has mostly failed

   2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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   The Twenty Minute VC (podcast)▲286

   Learn about venture capital, startup funding and the pitch

   2015 · thetwentyminutevc.com · its alternatives →

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   VC Flair▲219

   A fantasy VC league

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   VC Club▲130

   The Venture Capital community on Slack

   2015 · thevc.club · its alternatives →

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

   What it takes to raise a VC fund

   2016 · content.libsyn.com · 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 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Bijan Sabet, General Partner @ Spark Capital▲62

    Investing in Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare

    2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    Request For VC▲229

    Tweet a request for intros, pitch deck advice and more

    2016 · requestforvc.webflow.io · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Matt Turck @ FirstMark Capital▲69

    Is big data still a thing?

    2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC - Founders Friday: Raising $33m in Venture Funding with Workable▲78

    Founder @ Workable joins us to discuss his funding journey.

    2015 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC - Founders Friday: Crowdfunding Gimlet Media with Erin Glenn @ Quire▲70

    Why The Nature Of Startup Equity Is Changing?

    2015 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC - 88: with David Frankel @ Founder Collective▲66

    How to be the most founder friendly VC?

    2015 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Manu Kumar @ K9 Ventures▲71

    Risk valuation and believing what others won't

    2016 · content.libsyn.com · 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 · content.libsyn.com · 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 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC - Founder's Friday: James Beshara @ Tilt▲61

    Crowdfunding for a mobile world & finding perfect co-founder

    2016 · content.libsyn.com · 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 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC: Byron Deeter, Partner @ Bessemer Venture Partners▲69

    The commonalities of truly great founders

    2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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    The Twenty Minute VC - Dustin Dolginow @ Maiden Lane▲57

    The first online venture fund built on AngelList

    2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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

    What LPs Look For In Prospective VCs?

    2016 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

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