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Don Stein

Private, Invite-Only Investor Conversation for Early-Stage Founders

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

Venture Capital Reality Check

Building early-stage startups is HARD, huh?

We are 3 days from Adam Draper joining us for a private invite-only conversation for top CEOs and Founders. I really hope you can attend. And, I really hope this helps you with your fundraise, and above and beyond with your overall CEO mindset while operating at the early stage,

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5 of his first 25 investments became Unicorns

Coinbase, Amplify, PlanGrid, Sendwave, and Benchling all raised $100M's and grew to $1B+. I hope yours is the next one.

Special Guest, Adam Draper

Adam is a 4th generation venture capitalist. His family pioneered the asset class, and he's one of the globes greatest investors.

Emcee, Don Stein

Don's last startup raised $5M in seed funding from General Catalyst and other top VCs. He's now the founder of Ugly Startups..

What to expect: You can expect to show up and listen to 3 stories from Adam about the importance of the 'cockroach mindset and how he's seen great founders use this to go on and raise $100M's. More importantly, we'll also be bringing you up from the audience to live speed-pitch Adam, or, just ask him a questions directly.

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-Don Stein (linkedin)

Founder of Ugly Startups​

p.s. Check out our special guest, Adam Draper, on linkedin then RSVP HERE to come meet him

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