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The Insider's Guide to VC.
One short email a day for 5 days. Practical lessons from investors who have backed OpenAI, Facebook, Uber, Figure AI and Beyond Meat.





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The lessons come from our team at Venture University, built over 50+ years of investing and teaching.
The curriculum
What you'll learn over the next 5 days.
One idea a day. Each one can change how you approach investing.
Day 1
The Pedigree Trap
Why your degree, pedigree, and connections matter far less than most people think, and the four high-value skills top funds actually hire for.
Day 2
Build Your Track Record From Day One
How to prove your value before you invest a single euro, without a prestigious fund or capital to deploy. Three ways to start building today.
Day 3
Source Proprietary Deals
The five-step system for building a proprietary deal flow engine and finding high-return deals before anyone else sees them.
Day 4
The Networking O.S.
How the top 1% of investors build and organise their network, and the exact operating system to turn relationships into consistent deal flow.
Day 5
The Road to Mastery
The three bottlenecks that quietly stall most investing careers, and the three paths to compress decades of experience into months.
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Yours inside Day 4. The same one-page Notion system our Venture Partners use to track relationships, lead with value, and turn their network into steady deal flow. No extra cost, no upsell.
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