Kris Jones advises aspiring VCs to publish startup analysis on a blog
Kris Jones · 20 VC 002: How to become a VC with Kris Jones · Jan 13, 2015 · at 19:26
Kris Jones, founder of Pepper Jam and head of KBJ Capital, advises graduates on building domain authority before reaching out to prominent investors.
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“It's as easy as going to WordPress and starting up your own blog and, You know, you could create a blog and start to express your thoughts on, on startup companies and, you know, that space so that when you do reach out to say a Gary Vaynerchuk or a Mark Cuban or you know, one of these guys, Josh Koppelman you know, you have a resume and you, you're really well prepared.”
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