How to Begin Venturing into Venture Capital
from Draper Startup House Podcast Hosted by Ajay Prakash
David Lu is the Co-Founder of Textbook Ventures, a non-profit organisation inspiring students to embrace entrepreneurship and be catalysts of change. In this episode, we learn about Venture Capital and how you can get into this field of work even without much experience at all. We go over what exactly David does and also his personal tips on how you can break into space whilst in University or still in the early stage of your career. Key Topics and Learnings We discuss David's journey into the Venture capital space and how his experiences have led him to where he is today How university may not be exactly what you want to do but that's okay What are some tips and tricks for people who are interested in Venture Capital How to effectively find a mentor in the space that you are interested in How the machine gun strategy for meeting people for opportunities just doesn't work. Doing things that don't scale. Resources: Venture Deals by Brad Feld: https://amzn.to/31ZAzUl Fred Wilson Blog: https://avc.com The Twenty Minute VC: http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/ David Lu’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daluie 256 Ventures: https://www.256.ventures/ Virgil Capital: https://www.virgilcap.com/ Texture Ventures: https://textbook.ventures/
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