Considering Your Calling: Reflections From a Monastery

Personal & Professional Reflections from My Time in a Monastery

Alpha Isn’t In The Crowds: An Early Look at The Rise of Niche VC

An exclusive interview with the authors of the new book on Alpha in Venture Capital

Better, Not Different - Matt Curtolo On What LPs Are Looking For

Matt Curtolo on Differentiation, Track Record, LP Management, and backing GPs

How Mark Scianna Raised His Fund II In a Matter of Weeks

Mark Scianna on Raising His Fund II In a Matter of Weeks.

How Deciens Raised Their $93.33M Fund III

The story of what it actually took Deciens to raise their third fund

How To Develop Language That Let's LPs Enter Your World

The Art of Sparking the Imagination of Limited Partners

Why The Virtue Of Play Will Fundraise More $ Than Your Pitch Deck

Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas on Venture Capital Fundraising Strategies

Chris Harvey: What 'Institutional Ready' Means for Emerging VC Funds

A legal perspective for Emerging Managers by Chris Harvey

Why The GP-LP Relationship Should Always Be Inefficient

Why we shouldn't free ourselves from developing a craft

How Pattern Ventures, a Fund of Funds, Invests in Emerging Managers

An honest conversation with Nico Mizrahi

What I Was Thinking About When Developing the LP Strategy for a Family Office

Why becoming an LP might make more sense for Family Offices

Conversations That Last Longer Than Most Marriages w/David Zhou

Transparent Conversations with LPs

Reframing The "Track Record" For Emerging Managers

Are we misunderstanding what is "provable"?

Sitting With Lilies: The Importance of Repetition for GPs and LPs

What LPs Look For On The First Call (with actual answers from LPs)

A Guide to The First Call between LPs & GPs

What It Takes To Be An Emerging Manager

Stories and Insights from Dan Kimerling / Deciens

Freeing Being An LP From The Burden of Science

Why Being an LP Is Not Just a Science, Not Just An Art, But A Liberal Art.

Building A Reputation, Not A Brand

Why Emerging Managers who are building a firm vs. a brand win.

From Misconception to Mystification: The Current Problem We Need To Solve

My thoughts on how we can make the EM-LP landscape more efficient

What's In A Name: Forward Deployed

by Mark Scianna

Monks and Managers (2): To The People Of The Desert

Part 2

Monks and Managers: To The People Of The Desert

Part 1

The Most Misunderstood Due Diligence: Let's Talk About Track Record

Mastering Tension Not Balance

What LPs AND GPs Want From Quarterly Updates

Finding Convergence In Quarterly Updates

Why Your Fund Name Pitches Your Fund Better Than Your Deck

Why Emerging Managers Need To Lean Into Their Fund Name