VC is a sales job
Venturing in Public 3/26/25
Venturing in Public 3/26/25
Venturing in Public – 3/20/25
In looking at the portfolio recently, I was surprised to see that our DTC portfolio – ranging from baby toys to cat food, furniture, skin care, and more – will do over a billion dollars in sales this year. A billion in sales!
We’re thrilled to announce that Jack Arenas has joined Founder Collective as the new Principal in our SoHo office. He represents the value and ethos of FC – he’s a builder at heart, lived the ups and downs of the founder journey and loves to work with founders across the tech industry.
VCs are famous for asking startups, “What is stopping Apple, Meta, and Alphabet from doing this?”
Pivots are part of many successful startup stories, but there’s no clear playbook on how to make them work. There should be no shame in pivoting, despite what many founders think, but they need to be well thought out before burning the boats.