how to contact them:

@apartovi on Twitter

molly fowler on twitter/linkedin

• what is entrepeneurship
• in response to COVID 19, what are other ways to show that spirit
  • first round capital says: something he looks for in founders is the define your own path character trait; people who forge along own path
  • start your own club
  • times of adversity - when the best people stand out; the tourists are going home
• real goal as a founder is to hire people smarter than yourself
  • huge advantage is you yourself are interesting LOL
  • CEOs main goal is to sell the vision
• who are the best sales people i know? who are the best sales people i wish i knew? who are people who can augment my skills? esp in college — precious gift to be surrounded by cool people
• identify the people who you really respect/who are different than you
  • invest in your relationships & care about people :')

vc's job is to literally find the best founders and to find it faster than everyone else

• get to know the startup ecosystem that's closest to you
  • whether that's the slack group
  • learn everything about it - who's good; who's starting stuff; what's a space with not enough people
  • go to founder meet-ups and HELP FOUNDERS (you just need hours in those early ages of the startup)
  • work at a startup

entrepreneurs want investors who they admire; can get advice to (more than the $$$)

• earn the privilege to invest in somebody
• investing always begins with investing my time
• how can i start by helping them immediately
• how can i help others the most/how can i make myself as useful as possible

MAKE FRIENDS; NOT CONNECTIONS!!!