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Kevin Siskar knows what a warm introduction is worth
A friend of a friend helped Kevin Siskar stay in New York. Years later, the Finta cofounder is building software around a familiar problem: getting the right people into the conversation.
The Full Ratchet puts venture capital on the record
Nick Moran started recording the conversations he needed as a new investor. The Full Ratchet turned those questions into a public classroom - and a network with business consequences.
VC Minute: Get someone in the pool.
Rich Maloy turns seed fundraising into a pool party: everyone is interested, nobody wants to jump first. VC Minute gives founders short lessons in getting from polite interest to an actual decision.
The Founder Who Quit Fixing Pitches and Started Rewiring the Room
After raising $9.6 million and still losing her first company, Allison Byers stopped treating access to capital as a pitch-deck problem. Scroobious is her attempt to turn cold outreach into useful relationships - for $30 a month, not a cut of the check.
H7 BioCapital starts with the buyer
The healthcare investor puts licensing and acquisition demand near the start of the startup journey. Its accelerator, angel syndicate and conference circuit turn that thesis into introductions, coaching and deal-by-deal investment.
Peter Arn Learned to Make Growth Wait
The ROMTech co-founder built his playbook around unglamorous things: listening closely, testing early, raising patiently and knowing when more revenue is the wrong answer.
Bradley Davis Built the Map Podcasting Forgot to Make
A frustrated listener asked Reddit for an IMDb of podcasts. The answer became Podchaser - and a lesson in how stubborn curiosity can turn a messy open medium into useful infrastructure.
Patrick Larsen Chose Crypto's Least Glamorous Problem - and Made It His Mission
A Navy helicopter pilot, investment banker and Amazon operator walked into the crypto boom. He ignored the coins and built the paperwork.