HeyJaredVenture with Leslie
Startups, money, power, and parenting. Heavy on the honesty with a dash of spice.
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Read this before you send an AI pitch deck (opens the original)
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I start my work weeks with deck reviews. Every Monday morning, in advance of our weekly fund meeting, I look at all the decks that entrepreneurs submitted through our website in the past week. Every deck gets a rating: “Yes!” means we should definitely take a meeting with the founders. “Maybe” means we should discuss first. “Too early” means we like the team and should watch their progress. “No” means, well, no.I am not a career VC. I was a founder and operator (read: held different jobs in tech
Ode to the underdogs (opens the original)
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I grew up watching soccer (fútbol), the Costa Rican national pastime. My dad would take me on Sundays to see our local side play. I’d don my purple team jersey, sit on his lap, and hold on for dear life, lest I fly off the balcony when he leapt from his seat to celebrate a “Gooooooool!” or curse at the ref.I learned a lot at the soccer stadium, all at a very young age. I learned what an offside was (not that hard, guys). I learned how to act like you’re injured. One time, when team USA came to p
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