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Ben Zises
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Ben Zises
@bzises
Founder & GP @SuperAngel.Fund 😇 | “The best way to build a brand is to help other people.” —Naval | [email protected]
After investing $25m+ into 150 companies over the past 10 years, I’ve come to believe that sending consistent written updates is the single biggest leading indicator of future success- What I’ve learned investing $6m into 60+ super early stage companies…it’s ALL about the founders/team. ALL.
- Seeing A LOT of founders hold off sending investor updates, thinking that each one needs to contain groundbreaking updates & major milestones/accomplishments. FALSE. Even a short & simple update, on a regular cadence, is extremely valuable - both to your company & your investors.
- If you’re an early-stage founder, I’m going to give you the single best piece of fundraising advice you will ever receive: Start writing investor updates now. It doesn’t matter if you’re currently raising a round. It doesn’t matter if you even have investors yet. Create a list
- Send the deck. Do not, ask IF, you can send the deck.
- Will be reviewing pitch decks for 2-3 hours today- pls send via email (not DM). [email protected] 🙏
- I will die on this hill: Early-stage founders need to over-invest in their pitch deck Most investors aren’t willing to admit it, but a high-quality pitch deck has an impact on the impression you create as a founder. It’s a window into everything else you’re going to do as a
- Founders building > founders tweeting
- If you’re a founder, you’re going to get screwed over many, many, many times. Employees might leave you, investors might betray you, and advisors might let you down. But, the world of tech startups, venture investors, and career operators is a small one. At the end of the day,
- A little known fact about me (amongst my twtr friends) - Coming up on 3 months since I left my full-time position as COO of a 30+ person real estate investment/management company - to pursue my almost-decade-long passion (ok, obsession) as a full-time angel investor/advisor.
- How do you build a “network”? Get off your couch. 2-3 events per week starting in your early twenties compounds. 1/2
- My tech stack as a Solo GP: @AngelList ($0 out of pocket, variable fund/deal fees paid by LPs) @gmail + @googledrive ($12/mo) @DocSend ($100/mo) @Adobe ($16/mo) @substack (free) @twitter ($11/mo) @LinkedIn (free) @instagram (free) @QuickBooks ($16/mo) Total = $155/month
- Just crossed $20m AUM, with 199 investments on the @AngelList platform. Just getting started. Here for you founder fam.
