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Div Manickam is
feeling BlessedMy friend Tes Macpherson introduced TPC to me and I am super excited to join this community of Portfolio folks doing what you love. I smiled when I heard the words ikigai and portfolio in the introduction video by Ben.
Thanks Ben Legg and TPC team for what you do to make our dreams come true.
A mentor, author and explorer with 10+years of product marketing at Fortune500 and startups. I am exploring a portfolio life one day at a time. I recently embarked on a journey with stress and anxiety, mindfulness and essentialism, diversity and belonging.
I am committed to break the stigma and be a voice for the unspoken. Taking a leap into the unknown, I have self-published books on my journey.
Let’s connect – https://linkedin.com/in/divmanickam
Inspire. Influence. Impact. https://divmanickam.substack.com/
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Nikhil posted a new activity comment
I can echo Cristian Oancea feedback. All the early stage ventures where I received equity were pre-seed and before they had investors. A good friend who is a very successful VC once told me that (to VC’s) sweat equity is worth nothing! There really is no standard rule as far as I know, and for me it varied based on the value the founders believed I could bring, my relationship with them and their level of startup experience. A first-time founder I worked with agreed to 8% – 10% equity but founders who were on their 2nd/3rd startup never agreed to more than 1% – 2.5%. I like Ben Legg idea because at this stage it is impossible to value the company.
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Jane O'Sullivan posted a new activity comment
Interesting question! Tagging some startup founders and advisors who might be able to offer some insight – Ben Legg, Paul David Mather, Zarir 'Zed' Vakil, Cristian Oancea, Nathan Wilson, Yigit Senkardes, Niall Brady, Philipp von Bieberstein, Nikhil, Dimitris Protogirou, Stuart Prestedge, @rumkea, Kevin Withane, Ryan McGee, Natalie Tucker, Katie Muldoon, Anna Zuccarini
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I loved hosting Friday’s Fireside on The Art of Smart Networking with Alan Tang, Aušrinė Keršanskaitė, Rhonda Alexander and Ben Legg – thank you to all that came along and added so much with your thoughts and questions.
From the discussion, there were some great ideas about other places to expand your network and networking skills.
– Lunchclub
– Slack communities
– Othership (which also has a wonderful Slack community, gives our Pioneer Lite members 25% discount on their memberships, and will be collaborating with us on our next Community Networking on the 30th)
– PodPlus (run by the team behind Amazing If and Squiggly Careers)
– TED also has networking events through their membership program
– Members’ clubs trade assocs like NUJ, BIMA, TPC, Underpinned. RSA member – and you can use the club for co-working
– Bumble Biz
Please add any other ideas below, we’d love to help you find more networking opportunities.
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Thanks for sharing Lexi!
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So glad you’ve joined us here Div Manickam!