As a Venture Capitalist, you must be able to do what I call the triple sell.
You and your firm are the ones capable of making a meaningful difference to the founders and their quest.
We invest in relentless founders that would get to their goals regardless.
All that VCs do is help amazing people get to the promised land faster.
At ONEVC, we work hard to be the first check from Silicon Valley in your seed round. In Venture conviction is king.
If we decide to partner, I want you at my funeral. I want to promote your product, vision, and progress.
Confidence without attitude also helps you recruit the best talent to your portfolio companies.
A seed investor has two paramount responsibilities: help recruit high-end, affordable talent and assist in follow-on financing.
We are a financial product. Limited Partners trust us with their capital so we can — at least — return 3x their capital in ~10 years.
At the end of the day, you are a financial product. Never forget that.
Do these 3 things right every day and you might win in Venture Capital.
Paulo is the CEO and Co-founder of Grupo Alura, the largest technology education platform in Brazil. Grupo Alura had over 500.000 students since its foundation.
Beauty and peace are always available. Take the time to observe the atomic miracle of life and understand the absolute insignificance of our mental obsessions.
I recently read The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. I highly recommend you take a look and spend time reflecting on how you can be better at some of them.
