🔥PSA: Calendar of events for NY Tech Week is here!

This year’s #NYTechWeek is going to be huge!

Apply to join our GGW Sharks event for AI Startups and Investors here: lu.ma/dc4bcgfa

and access the full calendar at Tech Week #NYTechWeek

Every Friday we look forward to seeing you at founders' meetup!🔥🔥🔥

This week on the Lightcone:

🫡 Consumer is back
💰 What’s getting funded now
😎 How did the vibes get so immaculate?

youtu.be/e1Yhs9BEOSw

If you are an early stage founder who raised less than $2M and you collected money recently and had momentum you should strongly consider opening a SAFE on a higher cap and be ready to take more money.

Here is why 👇🧵

Meet Go Global World World and myself at Startup Grind conference
#startupgrind #startups #investors

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🤝GGW Sharks AI Startup Pitch & Networking for Founders and Investors @goglobalworld, @danil_kv

🔥Fireside Chat - Founders, Funders & Friends with Byron Ling kate kiewel, Studio Management (We're hiring!)

We are often asked why us? Why do we believe we can create an international platform connecting relevant investors and startups? Because we don't just talk about it, we've been doing it in various formats for several years.

But the most crucial role in this, of course, is

I get a lot of questions about the best way to cold email a VC. Here’s what I would recommend:

🤌🏼Keep it short (5 lines)
💥Make subject line bold
👀Add something eye catching
🗓️Add your cal or availability
💅Add in a compliment

& finally,
⚡️PERSONALIZE, PERSONALIZE, PERSONALIZE

Thought of the day: I love our team. I am glad we have gathered those who are close in spirit and incredibly comfortable just working and enjoying what we do :)

🦈🦈🦈 Dear Investors and Founders,
Join us at the GGW Sharks event on Friday, April 26 at 10 AM PST.
🔥🔥🔥 Get ready to dive into the dynamic world of innovation at GGW Sharks, where the ultimate goal is to connect promising startups with eager investors.

We are excited to

📣 Calling all founders looking for investment opportunities! We're excited to share the event Pitch&Drink with — a night in San Francisco where founders and investors meet under one roof.

🚀 Event Format Think speed dating, but for your startup. You'll have 2–3 minutes to

Can startup founders raise just a bit of VC capital ($1M-$3M) and then get off the train?

Loved this convo with Dave Anderson at Beat Ventures on our first episode of the Data Minute podcast!

Links in following post 🙏

Looking to build a successful startup and avoid standing still? Here's a brief guide on creating a powerful product framework and roadmap:

1️⃣ Clearly articulate your long-term vision and the problem your startup solves.

2️⃣ Understand your target market, customers and

Excited to announce the success of our 41st GGW Sharks event, fostering 10 valuable connections between startups and investors. 🚀🔥🎆
Watch the event and catch the highlights here 👇
youtu.be/lDdItczOvic?si…

Startup job market to start 2024 remained pretty weak.

Not much hiring, still a high level of latent layoffs, and employees staying in seat when they can.

Hope to see this ratio get back to more normal levels later this year 🤞

We’re launching something new at Alt! It’s called Generate — a two month program for 10-15 B2B software companies using AI.
altcap.com/generate

'Our jobs are not to do things perfectly. We can't! But we can make our mistakes very useful.'
©️Jason Feifer
Jason Feifer

The ML, AI & Data Landscape

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I’m very excited and proud to announce SunnaVC ! Sunna Ventures is a new venture capital firm focused on the climate technology opportunity. 1/