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And so this episode is a bit of inside baseball. It's a look behind the curtain of running a venture fund and TinySeed and even a bit about the broader venture space. I find this stuff super interesting because it's not something that I have ever been exposed to before running this fund. And who better to explain it than TinySeed co-founder Einar Bolset.

And so this episode is a bit of inside baseball. It's a look behind the curtain of running a venture fund and TinySeed and even a bit about the broader venture space. I find this stuff super interesting because it's not something that I have ever been exposed to before running this fund. And who better to explain it than TinySeed co-founder Einar Bolset.

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Before we dive into our conversation, MicroConf Connect applications are open until tomorrow, January 15th. MicroConf Connect is an application-only paid community service If you sign up in the next couple days, you get access to our upcoming workshop with Kate Suma on January 23rd of 2025.

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You're going to join Kate live as she delivers SaaS onboarding best practices and tips, plus does a live teardown of a Connect member's onboarding experience. We do a live workshop or event or sometimes it's a Q&A with me once a month, every month for paid MicroConf Connect members. Head to microconfconnect.com in the next 48 hours to apply and get in in our January batch.

And with that, let's dive into my conversation with Einar. Einar Volset, welcome back to Startup for the Rest of Us.

And with that, let's dive into my conversation with Einar. Einar Volset, welcome back to Startup for the Rest of Us.

It is good to have you on the show, man. Folks know you from Hot Take Tuesday. They also might know you as the managing partner of Discretion Capital that helps seven and eight figure SaaS companies sell for amazing outcomes, as well as co-founder of TinySeed.

It is good to have you on the show, man. Folks know you from Hot Take Tuesday. They also might know you as the managing partner of Discretion Capital that helps seven and eight figure SaaS companies sell for amazing outcomes, as well as co-founder of TinySeed.

Seriously. Her open source communist blue sky. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. This is great. Hey, Tracy. Hi, Tracy. So today we're going to go a little off the start up to the rest of us beaten path, so to speak.

Seriously. Her open source communist blue sky. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. This is great. Hey, Tracy. Hi, Tracy. So today we're going to go a little off the start up to the rest of us beaten path, so to speak.

And I have had a crash course over the past four or five years in not only just investing in startups, but then venture investing and what that looks like and how if you are a venture fund and you don't return what the S&P 500 does, then you crash into. burn. And I didn't even realize that was possible, how valuations are created.

And I have had a crash course over the past four or five years in not only just investing in startups, but then venture investing and what that looks like and how if you are a venture fund and you don't return what the S&P 500 does, then you crash into. burn. And I didn't even realize that was possible, how valuations are created.

And, you know, frankly, we're going to talk about TinySeed, about the stuff we've learned. This is not just a big sales pitch of TinySeed. We are fundraising right now. And folks can reach out to you, tinyseed.com slash invest, if they want to get in touch, if they're an accredited investor. But the idea here is to share a bunch of the learnings that you and I have had.

And, you know, frankly, we're going to talk about TinySeed, about the stuff we've learned. This is not just a big sales pitch of TinySeed. We are fundraising right now. And folks can reach out to you, tinyseed.com slash invest, if they want to get in touch, if they're an accredited investor. But the idea here is to share a bunch of the learnings that you and I have had.

I think you had a lot more back in 2018 when we started this. But to talk about investing in startups, potential outcomes, and frankly, I also want to talk about tiny seed and really dig into why it's different from, say, someone going through YC. Because we have folks who get into both and who have gone with tiny seed. And that blew my mind.

I think you had a lot more back in 2018 when we started this. But to talk about investing in startups, potential outcomes, and frankly, I also want to talk about tiny seed and really dig into why it's different from, say, someone going through YC. Because we have folks who get into both and who have gone with tiny seed. And that blew my mind.

Because to me, YC has been the gold standard of gold standards since, you know, I was a wee lad. And there really are some differences that cause folks to want to go the tiny seed path.

Because to me, YC has been the gold standard of gold standards since, you know, I was a wee lad. And there really are some differences that cause folks to want to go the tiny seed path.