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🎉 excited to be apart of this team and honored to be able to continually support so many amazing founders!

🧵1/ Hey Founders, Fundraising right now is harder than usual, so let's talk about it. This will be the first thread in a series on fundraising in this climate. continue below👇🏾for today's topic - Bridge rounds!

1/ If you pitch your company to @RarebreedVC, there's a chance I MIGHT end up being your first call before a second call with our GPs @MacConwell and @krollja. If you've listened to or watched any of @MacConwell's interviews, you've probably heard him say the following: 🧵

@MacConwell @SenBooker 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Yesterday, I was at the White House with the Vice President for a convening on young Black men in entrepreneurship. Today, I'm at a convening of Black VC in VA getting to speak with @SenBooker. But don't get it twisted, I helped 4 portfolio founders and made some intros today.

This still feels surreal! 😱 I am humbled and beyond thrilled to be named a Young Advisor to Watch by @FAmagazine ! I am excited to continue using my platform to advocate for underrepresented advisors and support our current and future clients @networthzenith !!

Actions to take to change your life: 1. Lean dramatically into positivity 2. Audit your life. Cut out people/things that trigger your insecurities and focus on people/things that fill you with love 3. Consume messages that align with you. Pay attention. Find what works for you

It’s a powerful thing to have someone believe in you

Put this image in the computing hall of fame. This combination is going to change everything.

I decided to turn my thread into a medium article I just published How Desperation Drove Me to Use Twitter to take 1,128 Meetings to Raise the First $3M of RareBreed… link.medium.com/mLN89B4Jgqb

@MacConwell Love to see it man!! 🙌🏾🙏🏾

My son asked for breakfast for dinner tonight so it's French Toast, eggs, and turkey sausage on his spider-man plate.....and one piece (of course)

💡 VC is a lifelong apprenticeship and I'm thankful I've started my learning journey under the teachings of @MacConwell and @krollja. Two key takeaways thus far: - Investing requires equal parts logic and intuition - While books give you the basics, most is learned on the job

What a weekend! But also, what a community! So many from across the industry came together to support each other. I'm hugely inspired by our founders resilience and strength during this ordeal 💪🏽

@mikeypeeee Mannnn not before I got to get on the court with Maui Mike 😂 but I get it

Hanging up the shoes and officially retiring from hooping. Hit 30 and can’t step on the court without getting hurt. Great run.

Old News: for every 9 failed startups, there's 1 winner Based on a survey by Fortune, 42% of failed startups indicated the lack of a market need for their product as the biggest reason for their collapse. So what can you do to ensure product-market fit before going all in?

A shy theater kid w/ big dreams, Lea's determined to make a name for herself at Thornfield Theater… if she could stop thinking about Alex, its mercurial director. When she discovers secrets behind the scenes, Lea must choose between her hopes & her conscience. #IWSGPit #A #R #CO

🗣 Junior & Future VCs: define and draft your investment thesis now. Junior VCs: you'll source deals for your fund, BUT one day you'll independently write checks into companies you care about. Future VCs: having a thesis helps with recruiting.

VC is a combination of three different skills - 💸 Equity finance - 🧳 Consulting - 🗣 Marketing / Sales Let’s break each skillset down in detail:

We're excited to have earned a spot as one of @BuiltIn's 100 Best Hybrid Places to Work! 💚 A big thanks to our outstanding team and congratulations to all the other organizations listed here! builtin.com/awards/hybrid/…

My birthday gift to myself this year is investing an additional $50K in @AjimCapital on top of my GP commitment. That’s how much I believe in the next generation of African founders. #InvestinAfrica

If you’re a building something solo, find ways to get feedback from your audience/users or mentors/friends ASAP… even on the name of your company/project. If the name of your company doesn’t resonate, it could hinder your rate of adoption. Try to get it right from the jump.