Startup Investing: Utilizing Storytelling, Building Resilience, and Leveraging Creativity, with Mac Conwell of RareBreed Ventures

<p>Justin Gordon (<a href="https://twitter.com/justingordon212">@justingordon212</a>) talks with Mac Conwell (<a href="https://twitter.com/MacConwell">@MacConwell</a>), Managing Partner at RareBreed Ventures. Mac is a former software engineer and two-time founder. One of Mac's companies failed, the other went on to a successful exit. RareBreed Ventures is a pre-seed fund that invests in exceptional founders outside of large tech ecosystems, earlier than everyone else. They invest in 2 types of companies: those building a software product with a unique or clearly repeatable customer acquisition strategy or building a physical product in a vertical that has lacked innovation in 10+ years. This is because these two founders are out-of-the-box thinkers and problem solvers. Unlike other pre-seed funds, RareBreed takes a concentrated portfolio approach by writing checks of up to $250K as the first or one of the first investors.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.rarebreed.vc/">RareBreed Ventures</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mckeever/">linkedin.com/in/mckeever/</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MacConwell">@MacConwell</a></p><p>Show Notes:</p><ul> <li>Mac’s thoughts on being a great storyteller</li> <li>How Mac uses his story as his pitch to raise a fund </li> <li>The journey that led him into VC</li> <li>How Mac has the confidence to constantly bet on himself</li> <li>Mac’s experience at rock bottom and building resilience</li> <li>From dropping out of high school to having a 6-figure job at the age of 21</li> <li>How Mac manages his time and priorities</li> <li>Mac’s secret to using Twitter</li> <li>What Mac looks for in the founders he invests in</li> <li>How Mac evaluates customer acquisition at the pre-seed level</li> <li>The value of creativity and how Mac leveraged it for customer acquisition as a founder</li> <li>Some of Mac’s portfolio companies and their stories of grit</li> <li>What’s next for RareBreed Ventures</li> </ul><p><br></p><p>More about the show:</