Galston cold-emailed VCs a mapped relationship graph of his gaming network
Ezra Galston · 20 VC 063: What It Takes To Standout In A Crowded Market with Ezra Galston @ Chicago Ventures · Aug 17, 2015 · at 19:34
Ezra Galston of Chicago Ventures explains how mapping his sector relationships allowed him to get direct meetings with VCs prior to entering the industry.
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“What I did is I created like this interest or this relationship graph where I put myself in the middle and I put all the different players in the gaming world around me and showed who I knew, like what executive level, how like the relationships developed. And then I just sent it to VCs with a short note, which was like, Hey, no, you're looking at gaming. You know, I'd love to chat with you about it, you know, give you some thoughts. And I actually had a huge response rate.”
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