VC Secrets with Jenny Fielding (#97)

Show Notes

This week Jim is joined by the Jenny Fielding, a general partner at The Fund with an incredible amount of experience in startup acceleration and venture capital. Jenny shares her amazing journey and gets into the nitty gritty of being a successful VC and how to attract funding as a startup. 

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• The journey to VC
• The advantage law school gives in business
• Starting a corporate accelerator in Europe
• Pros and cons to startup studios
• How do you define grit
• Genesis of The Fund
• Tips to getting VC attention
• Fundraising in a cold market
• The upside of a market reset
• Tips for teaching

Resources:

• Jenny Fielding
• The Fund
• Jim Huffman website
• Jim's Twitter
• GrowthHit
• The Growth Marketer's Playbook

 

Additional episodes you might enjoy:

• Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
• Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
• How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
• Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
• How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

 

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