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****Pro tip for founders**** When sharing your screen during a VC call, always keep some tabs open with US VC websites…keeps everyone on their toes

🤩 On Monday, we had a nice chat with Carlos Effio from uDocz and David Guérin from Brighteye Ventures 🇪🇺. 💡🎯 🙏🏻 Thank you so much Carlos and David for being with us. It was great to hear about your experiences as entrepreneurs and investors. #xEdu #WeAreXEdu #accelerating #education

🔥🔥 The 13 hottest European #edtech startups right now? We shared our top 3 to watch 🔍 with Sifted, alongside other impressive VCs. Check out the full list – but our votes from David Guérin go to Kolverr🇫🇷, Silber Salon 🇩🇪 & Ucademy 🇪🇸 ▶️ sifted.eu/articles/edtec…

💥 Brighteye Fund II - it's official! 💥 We're excited to share that we've closed our second fund at €100M, double the size of the first fund, taking our total AUM to invest in promising early-stage #Edtech companies across Europe to €150M 🚀 ▶️ bit.ly/3XhH9mm

💥The H1 European #Edtech Funding Report 2023 is out! Headlines include: 💪~1/3 of global deals done in Europe 📈More funding in H1 2023 vs H2 2022 🇬🇷Largest European deal: Hack The Box $55M 🇬🇧UK stays on top with France, Germany, Greece and Spain top 5 bit.ly/3rAApnN

Last quarter, we had to write off a $150k investment with on paper a 25x multiple on invested capital. We had to write off another one today. The two companies had raised close to $75M each & were valued in the 300M+ range. More of these bad news to come in the near future.

VCs following new trends

This is still the best business advice I've ever received: Think like a farmer

Some resisting forces to good decisions making: Ego Bias Greed Rushing Dualism Isolation Emotions Tiredness Impatience Group think Fixed mindset Lack of creativity Lack of experience Lack of psychological safety

I'm studying the art of learning so I could help others learn faster... How do you learn best?

This is why my X bio says what it says :)

My notes from Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charlie Munger turned into maxims: 1. Find a simple idea and take it seriously.  2. Good ideas are rare. When you find one bet heavily.  3. Humans have been writing down their best ideas for 5,000 years. Read them.

40 things you can do NOW to increase your MRR 1. Add a product tour (Activation) 2. Rework your sign-up page (Activation) 3. Use the Skeleton UI (Retention) 4. Automate failed payment recovery (Revenue) 5. Hide an easter egg (Referral)

the fact that there was a VC that referred to themselves as a "unicorn breeder" still lives rent free in my head

VCs meeting LPs vs. VCs meeting founders

The most useful razors and rules I've found: 1. Bragging Razor - If someone brags about their success or happiness, assume it’s half what they claim If someone downplays their success or happiness, assume it’s double what they claim 2. High Agency Razor - If unsure who to work

VCs in the board Meeting after telling founders they should increase sales and cut expenses

The average European VC’s workday

How Duolingo built the world's #1 retention product H/t The Product Folks 🚀

When the VC Partner accidentally turns on the camera in the board meeting