Guides

Investors Guides: The Full Collection

Tactics from 50 elite investors on finding breakout companies, winning deals, and constructing enduring firms.

Mar 27, 2025 • Mario Gabriele

How to Be a Top 1% Angel

A guide to winning as an individual investor.

Mar 13, 2025 • Mario Gabriele

The definitive guide to winning with secondaries

Dec 10, 2024 • Mario Gabriele

How to Actually Add Value

A guide to avoid becoming a venture cliché and aiding your companies.

Nov 21, 2024 • Mario Gabriele

How VCs Build Soft Power

A guide to constructing a personal monopoly.

Oct 15, 2024 • Mario Gabriele

Mastering Portfolio Construction

How to build a strategy that maximizes returns.

Sep 19, 2024 • Mario Gabriele

How to Raise From Institutional LPs

The definitive tactical guide to winning over endowments, foundations, and more.

Sep 3, 2024 • Mario Gabriele

How to Spot a Supertrend

A definitive guide to seeing into the future and capitalizing on it.

Aug 8, 2024 • Mario Gabriele

How to Win a Competitive Deal

You need more than sharp elbows. A tactical guide to winning your spot on the cap table.

Jun 25, 2024 • Mario Gabriele

How to Find a Unicorn

A tactical guide to sourcing legendary investments.

Jun 11, 2024 • Mario Gabriele

How to Raise Your First Fund

A tactical playbook to kickstart your investing journey and set you up for success.

May 21, 2024 • Mario Gabriele

The Founders Guide to Culture Building

What it takes to build a high-output team.

Apr 30, 2024 • Mario Gabriele

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