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Nipun Gupta's avatar

Nikhil, thanks a lot for sharing - this has proven to be really concise/clear reference for my journey to becoming a VC. I have always admired your writing, and you are an inspiration!

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Nikhil Basu Trivedi's avatar

cheers Nipun!

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Kelly's avatar

Thanks for speaking at goingVC last night. Very great insights!

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Nikhil Basu Trivedi's avatar

Cheers Kelly, glad you enjoyed it!

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Seán Galligan's avatar

Great post as someone interest in moving into VC eventually

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Nikhil Basu Trivedi's avatar

awesome, all the best Sean!

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Daniel Adeyemi's avatar

Thanks for this. It's helpful.

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Nikhil Basu Trivedi's avatar

you're welcome Daniel!

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Seamus Hennessy's avatar

Inspiring post for those entering VC, thanks!

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Nikhil Basu Trivedi's avatar

cheers Seamus, glad you're inspired by it!

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Akshay Jain's avatar

Elucidated Framework! Stagewise Examples would be Interesting to Explore.

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Omar Ibrahim's avatar

You have made it very easy for anyone to collect unfiltered value from your pieces, this is no exception. Love the flowchart, super easy to digest!

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Nikhil Basu Trivedi's avatar

thanks for the kind words, Omar!

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Rahul Mathur's avatar

Love the VC flowchart you've presented! Especially, the comment that new/emerging VCs or Funds can carve out their USP using the framework!

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Nikhil Basu Trivedi's avatar

great, glad you find it helpful, Rahul!

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Paul Andersen's avatar

Great framework Nikhil. RSVP'ed to your event... looking forward to it!

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Nikhil Basu Trivedi's avatar

cheers Paul, look forward to seeing you there!

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Calvin Rupango's avatar

Great article. I am an aspiring venture capitalist and the article is so helpful. Will please mentor me...

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