{"id":24956,"date":"2024-04-02T09:27:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=24956"},"modified":"2024-04-02T18:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:32:46","slug":"investor-write-ups-of-their-portfolio-companies-how-did-they-convince-us-to-do-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/investor-write-ups-of-their-portfolio-companies-how-did-they-convince-us-to-do-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Investor write ups of their portfolio companies. How did they convince us to do that?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kevinhartz\/status\/1775151023482613831?s=43&#038;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ccd6dd; border-radius: 12px\" width=\"500\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"464\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"48\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kevinhartz?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/985311139599810560\/8N7YI4Ck_normal.jpg\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; padding: 0px\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"8\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 8px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/spacer.png\" width=\"8\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"middle\" width=\"388\" style=\"min-width: 388px\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"388\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"388\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kevinhartz?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #292c2f; text-decoration: none\">Kevin Hartz<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kevinhartz?s=43\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none; color: #7e8c98\">\u2066\u202a@kevinhartz\u202c\u2069<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/email\/self_serve\/media\/logo_twitter-1497383721365.png\" height=\"20\" width=\"24\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"9\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ea.twimg.com\/self_serve\/media\/spacer_464x1-1582829598167.png\" width=\"464\" height=\"1\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; color: #292c2f; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none\">Investor write ups of their portfolio companies. How did they convince us to do that?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\" colspan=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kevinhartz\/status\/1775151023482613831?s=43&#038;t=NipKy21fekvPoZS5MA8-lQ\" style=\"font-family: Helvetica, Arial, san-serif; color: #667785; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none\">4\/2\/24, 8:19 AM<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"18\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px; min-width: 18px\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" style=\"font-size: 0px; line-height: 0px\" height=\"12\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div>Networking with VCs&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image0.png\" alt=\"image0.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"image1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image2.jpeg\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image3-2.jpeg\" alt=\"image3.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div>Networking with the 3rd Institution of Silicon Valley, Larry Chiang<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image4-1.jpeg\" alt=\"image4.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">WordPress\u2019d from my personal iPhone,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><a href=\"tel:650-283-8008\" dir=\"ltr\" x-apple-data-detectors=\"true\" x-apple-data-detectors-type=\"telephone\" x-apple-data-detectors-result=\"1\">650-283-8008<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">, number that&nbsp;Steve Jobs texted me on<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image5-2.jpeg\" alt=\"image5.jpeg\"><\/span><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Brandan Beck and he\u2019s at San Diego padres baseball game versus Nico Hoerner Chicago cubs<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">This is the third institution of Silicon Valley, Larry, Chiang with Brandan Beck<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Photo credit, Brandon Wulff<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\">https:\/\/www.YouTube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image6.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image6-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image7.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image7-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image8.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image8-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image9.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image9-1.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Kevin Hartz \u2066\u202a@kevinhartz\u202c\u2069 Investor write ups of their portfolio companies. How did they convince us to do that? &nbsp; 4\/2\/24, 8:19 AM &nbsp; &nbsp; Networking with VCs&nbsp; Networking with the 3rd Institution of Silicon Valley, Larry Chiang WordPress\u2019d from my personal iPhone,&nbsp;650-283-8008, number that&nbsp;Steve Jobs texted me on Brandan Beck and he\u2019s at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-networking-with-venture-capitalists"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25033,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24956\/revisions\/25033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}