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1:55
Do You Use Carta?
We're exploring group purchasing for fund managers, and have info to share about how you can cut portco burn by $100-250k per company, extending runway…
 • Adam Metz
2:22
The Working Capital Math Behind Your 18-24 Month Fundraise
The Math, Below, and the no-cost webinar at 1pm PT today to tell you what to do
 • Adam Metz
Extraction vs. Returns
Yes it's a modern architecture book that you can probably eat a pizza on. I did. Also, 4/5 points to get you some f****** great meetings from it.
 • Adam Metz
The Succession Problem
What 3,000 years of Chinese history reveals about why funds actually fail
 • Adam Metz
2:02
Your $200M Pipeline? It's Killing You
Why emerging managers converting at 8.6% are about to hit a wall they didn't see coming, and how to spot it before it's too late.
 • Adam Metz
2:57
The 10-Second LP Diligence Question That Kills 80% of Fund 2/3 Pitches
Starting in January, you’re going to hear this question in almost every endowment meeting:
 • Adam Metz
1:54
Before You Raise
What 48 funds just proved about what separates the ones who make it, from the ones who don't
 • Adam Metz
2:29
The Working Capital Gap That Kills 70% of Emerging Funds
How Reference LPs, Timeline Compression & The Working Capital Gap Determine If Your Fund Survives
 • Adam Metz
3:58
How to Spend Your Holiday Break Like a GP Who Actually Raises Capital
5 books and your holiday gift, all free
 • Adam Metz
LP Blueprint
LP Blueprint
The cultural and capital strategist for people who actually move money. Punk promoter. SoHo witness. Silicon Valley insider. Now building the most dangerous playbook in fundraising, macro allocation, and generational collapse.
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