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Ollie Forsyth
@ollieforsyth
Building NEW MEDIA channels ๐Ÿ‘‡ neweconomies.co new-media.co Angel investor: @pallyai, @promptingco, @tryfrizzle, @Diditprotocol, @Fort.
Joined March 2010
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    The New Media Landscape Attention. Distribution. Power. Creators can now build media channels and reach millions of fans faster โ€” and at a fraction of the cost of previous eras. We are entering a new era: the dawn of new media. Creators are going direct. Journalists are
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    Breaking into VC... 18 months ago, I knew nobody in VC. I now run a community of 450 VC's - this is what we have learnt as a community of how to break into Venture ๐Ÿ‘‡
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    Meet @ycombinator 's latest batch of startups (S25) Ahead of YC's demo day tomorrow, weโ€™ve just published the full market map of 160+ new startups building across ๐Ÿ‘‡ 1. B2B infrastructure & dev tools 2. B2B engineering, product & design tools 3. B2B productivity & ops tools
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    Today, Whitney Wolfe Herd makes history as the youngest female CEO to take a company public. She has: ๐Ÿ Co-founded Tinder & Bumble ๐Ÿ’ฐ Grown Bumble from $10 million revenue in 2016 to $240 million in 2019 ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป IPOโ€™d with a 70% female board Incredible story ๐Ÿ‘
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    ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—œ - The latest buzz phrase In our latest industry mapping, we explore ๐Ÿ‘‡ โ€”170+ of the latest startups in #GenAI โ€”The fundraising landscape and who's investing โ€”Future trends provided by a number of thought leaders โ€”And more! Read: antler.co/blog/generativโ€ฆ
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    The Creator Economy is booming with 220+ platforms which are enabling creators to build empires. In our latest piece, we discover ๐Ÿ‘‡ - The platforms that are empowering creators - 20+ insights from industry leaders - The upcoming trends & predictions
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    The young man pictured was on his way to a job interview. He wanted to look his best but he didnโ€™t have too much experience with putting on ties so he struggled.... Keep reading๐Ÿ‘‡
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    The New Creator Economy ๐Ÿ‘‡ Excited to be releasing our 2022 creator economy report unpacking: - The new creator economy & the impact of web3 - The latest 140+ Web3 platforms - Characteristics of creator economy unicorns - Plus so much more Enjoy ๐Ÿ’ซ
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    Life update - Thrilled to share that I have joined @AntlerGlobal to cultivate our global community. I can't wait to work with our incredible community as we collaborate with exceptional founders across the world to create millions of jobs in the future! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ
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    Replying to @ollieforsyth
    1. Find a tech area you can talk about - write about it which will allow you to start building a personal brand. Become a leading thought leader in the space 2. Engage on socials, start building a following. Twitter is recommended 3. Provide ideas to VC portfolio companies
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    The lady in the red coat noticed him struggling and nudged her husband to help the young man. The older gentleman lends a helping hand and teaches the young man how to put on a tie and wishes him the best Just plain awesome!
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    Replying to @ollieforsyth
    Highly recommend you join this awesome community run by @meaganloyst for GenZ VC's โœŒ๏ธ join.slack.com/t/genz-vcs/shaโ€ฆ
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    VCโ€™s / Investors always ask โ€˜How can I help?โ€™ ๐Ÿฅฑ Lets replace this with: Who can I introduce you to? ๐Ÿค Community and distribution will be your biggest asset ๐Ÿ”ฅ This is how you will convince founders to take your money ๐Ÿ’ฐ
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    4. Connect with analysts / associates through socials, university or founder networks 5. Scout programs - a couple of VC's run these 6. Podcast - Invite VC's onto your show 7. Ask for intros, people in tech are happy to help one another out - be incredibly kind along the way