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COVID-19 European Investors List (April 20, 2020)
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How To Raise Venture Capital Remotely (April 17, 2020)
The VC & Founder Sentiment Survey (NfX, April 3, 2020)
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Recommended Reading

🤑 Introduction to Venture Capital

Venture Capital For Dummies by Nicole Gravagna & Peter Adams
Venture Deals by Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson
Venture Deals: Free course ****by Kauffman Fellows & Techstars
Essentials of Venture Capital by Alexander Haislip
A day in the life of a VC by socraticVC
The future of UK angel investing by Pietro Invernizzi

🗣️ VC Vernacular

How to speak with investors, a VC glossary (Source: Sifted)
Activist VC Glossary – VC jargon explained (Source: Nexit Ventures)
Glossary of VC Terms (Source: VC Deal Terms)
VC Glossary Flashcards (Source: Quizlet)

Interesting Reads (VC/Startup related)

Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
10% Entrepreneur by Patrick McGinnis
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
Talking with Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

🚀 Tips for Entrepreneurs- Raising Your (First) Round

What I learnt from raising £1m (The Startup, 2019)
Questions Early Stage VCs May Ask You (Hustle Fund, Elizabeth Yin, 2020)
Terms I’ve learned about startup financing (Saravana Kumar)
Sequoia's Investment Memo on YouTube (Miles Grimshaw, 2014)
The real reasons why a VC passed on your startup (Entrepreneur's Handbook, 2018)
The alternative to VC investing everyone has been waiting for? (Sifted, 2019)

⚡ Tips for Entrepreneurs- Generic

Y Combinator: Startup School
The 30 Best Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs in 2018 (FirstRound, 2018)
Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs — and It Affects How Much Funding They Get (HBR, 2017)

📚 Christmas Edition! Our Favourite Books:

Becoming by Michelle Obama
Lean In & Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

💼 VC Job Boards

🗞️ Newsletters (for Founders & VC)

😂 The Light Stuff

Twitter: @VCStarterKit
Instagram: @PrayingforExits

👩‍💻 VC Career Tips

Breaking into Venture Capital: VC Interview Tips and Templates from GoingVC (Femstreet)
The Antidote to Getting a VC Job: 10 Prescriptions for Aspiring Investors (VC Research)
Pre-VC career tips part 1 — Which VC funds might be hiring? (VC Toolkit, Stephan von Perger)
Pre-VC career tips part 2 — Which startups to talk about in an interview? (VC Toolkit, Stephan von Perger)
How to get a Junior VC job in Europe(without getting lucky) (Noteworthy)
How to get a job and build a track record in VC (Hector Mason)
5 Things About Careers (in VC) Nobody Told Me — Part II (Noteworthy)

📈 Tips for Entrepreneurs- Growth Strategies

Using Product/Market Fit to Drive Sustainable Growth (Growth Hackers, 2019)

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