Ever wonder how venture capital funds analyse startups and decide which ones they back 🧐

"Startups are making a lot of common mistakes … the key reasons for investing are the team, exit strategy, business model, problem they are trying to solve, and their competitive advantage is extremely important." – Michail Lapidus, Business Analyst at Paralect

John brought one of our newest team members to kick off Season 2 of Ship it and Sip it 🚀

After 5 years of analysing startups for a VC fund Michail shares his insights around:

💡 What factors VCs really focus on

🐑 Why VCs seem to have such a herd mentality

🤔 How founders without a strong VC network can get seen

And why he's excited to be working in a product team after all he's seen from the venture side 💪

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