Mac the VC (Rarebreed Ventures) - How He Leveraged Twitter To Raise a Fund, Why He Decided To Start RareBreed, How He Evaluates Customer Acquisition Strategy, and The Current State of Venture Capital

Our guest today is McKeever Conwell II or as he’s most well known Mac the VC, Founder and managing partner of Rarebreed Ventures. RareBreed Ventures is a pre-seed fund that invests in exceptional founders primarily outside of large tech ecosystems, earlier than everyone else. We discuss how Mac built relationships on Twitter with investors and founders and was able to raise a VC fund all on Twitter, his due diligence process and how he thinks about customer acquisition. What led you to becoming an entrepreneur? Why investing? Why did you decide to become a VC and start a fund? How were you able to leverage Twitter to become an investor?What was your strategy? I know you invest in both consumer and enterprise. What makes consumer investing hard? Where are you seeing the opportunity within consumer? How do you approach sourcing and finding diamonds in the rough? What's you diligence process? How do you validate how large a problem the entrepreneur is solving?Rebundled What's the most common reason why you passed? What are some of your favorite accelerators that are still under the radar? Do you believe in pattern recognition is important when it comes to investing? What is a day in the life of an emerging manager? What have founders needed the most help from? What motivates you everyday? What's one thing you would change about venture capital? What's one book that inspired you personally and one book that inspired you professionally?Why should white guys have all the fun? What's one piece of advice that you have for founders? What's the best piece of advice that you've received?

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