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"2025-09-26T14:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-863e-70d2-8e5f-bcb90e285e8c", "title": "How to Not Get Fired When Changing Your VC Strategy | El Pack w/ Beezer Clarkson | Superclusters", "url": "https://cupofzhou.com/el-pack-beezer-clarkson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=el-pack-beezer-clarkson", "published_at": "2025-09-22T13:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-863e-70d2-8e5f-bcb90f17a15b", "title": "On Re-Ups", "url": "https://cupofzhou.com/on-re-ups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-re-ups", "published_at": "2025-09-19T14:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-863e-70d2-8e5f-bcb90f44bb29", "title": "How to Read Investors Like a Book | Thorsten Claus | Superclusters | S6E1", "url": "https://cupofzhou.com/thorsten-claus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thorsten-claus", "published_at": "2025-09-15T13:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54a-863e-70d2-8e5f-bcb90f49139c", "title": "The Work I Do with GPs", "url": 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2026

Questionsoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
DPI is a Harsh Judgeoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2026
When she complains about the dishes…original ↗
10 Sept 2026
The Danger of the Value-Add Investororiginal ↗
4 Sept 2026
Knife Shoppingoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2026
On spinoutsoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2026
What is your play style?original ↗
14 Aug 2026
“Be strong enough to be gentle”original ↗
7 Aug 2026
The Wrong Question for the Ambitiousoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2026
Why invest in a FoForiginal ↗
20 Jul 2026
Ranking the Stakeholdersoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2026
The Religion of Venture Capitaloriginal ↗
10 Jul 2026
GP EQoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2026
Whac-A-Moleoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
Casting Shadowsoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2026
What is the Density of your Founder NPS? | El Pack w/ Charlotte Zhang | Superclustersoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
Intro Policy Pt 2original ↗
11 Jun 2026
“You don’t have enough dopamine in your pitch!” | El Pack w/ Asher Siddiqui | Superclustersoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
12 Types of LPsoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2026
The Hardest Fund I to Underwrite | Zach Ruchman | Superclusters | S7E7original ↗
1 Jun 2026
The Psychological Taxoriginal ↗
29 May 2026
What Your Lawyer Isn’t Telling You About LPA Terms | Apurva Mehta & JD Montgomery | Superclusters | S7PSE1original ↗
25 May 2026
Pyriteoriginal ↗
22 May 2026
How Value Add Differs in PE vs VC | Julia Rees Toader | Superclusters | S7E6original ↗
18 May 2026
What GPs Claim and Don’t Claimoriginal ↗
15 May 2026
Does a VC’s Value-Add Even Matter? | Stacey Kline & Ben Gallacher | Superclusters | S7E5original ↗
11 May 2026
Decks, Intro Meetings, and AGMsoriginal ↗
8 May 2026
The 3 Big Family Office Transitions That No One Talks About | JD Montgomery Pt 2 | Superclusters | S7E4original ↗
4 May 2026
How to Pick Emerging Managers in 2026original ↗
1 May 2026
Who Should NEVER Start a VC Fund? | Sam Huleatt | Superclusters | S7E3original ↗
27 Apr 2026
Permanenceoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2026
“I Write-Off Every Sourcing Slide” | Alex Felman | Superclusters | S7E2original ↗
20 Apr 2026
(Not) Relationship Adviceoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2026
“Venture is a Who Business, Not a What Business” | JD Montgomery | Superclusters | S7E1original ↗
13 Apr 2026
The Texture of a Thesisoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2026
“How do I prove to an LP that I have good deal flow?”original ↗
8 Apr 2026
Spiky, Lumpy, Smoothoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2026
Nemawashioriginal ↗
26 Mar 2026
DGQ 26: Which Slide in my Deck Stood Out the Most?original ↗
19 Mar 2026
Revenue per Employeeoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026
Three Outcomesoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2026
AI-Native VC Firmsoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2026
Are you going to start an advisory?original ↗
20 Feb 2026
On 2026 Liquidityoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2026
Will AI Take Over LP Investing?original ↗
6 Feb 2026
The Currency of Trustoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2026
Diligence on a GP’s Social Media Presenceoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2026
What is Adverse Selection?original ↗
16 Jan 2026
How Trees Falloriginal ↗
7 Jan 2026

2025

2025 Year in Revieworiginal ↗
31 Dec 2025
Peter Walker as You’ve Never Seen Him Before | Peter Walker | Superclusters | S6PSE3original ↗
29 Dec 2025
On Investing in Generalist GPsoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2025
The Most Disappointing Podcast You’ll Ever Listen To (ft. Allie Garfinkle) | Superclusters | S6PSE2original ↗
22 Dec 2025
The Third Leg of Firm-Buildingoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2025
Timeless VS Just-In-Time Lessons | Earnest Sweat & Alexa Binns | Superclusters | S6PSE1original ↗
15 Dec 2025
50% of Your Portfolio Will Be Opportunisticoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2025
When Do You Know If You’ve Grown Up as a VC? | El Pack w/ Ben Choi | Superclustersoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2025
Insight Per Half Houroriginal ↗
5 Dec 2025
Woe is Meoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2025
“Venture Should Play More Like Moneyball” | Carson Monson | Superclusters | S6E9original ↗
24 Nov 2025
Underwriting Things That Don’t Changeoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2025
Can Your Check Size Win You Board-Level Transparency? | Apurva Mehta | Superclusters | S6E8original ↗
17 Nov 2025
120 BPMoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2025
What does GP-Friendly ACTUALLY Mean? | Caroline Toch Docal | Superclusters | S6E7original ↗
10 Nov 2025
The Last Joboriginal ↗
7 Nov 2025
Where Does Intuition Come From? | Yiwen Li | Superclusters | S6E6original ↗
3 Nov 2025
Dear LPoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2025
$80M vs $800M vs $8B Endowment | Trish Spurlin | Superclusters | S6E5original ↗
27 Oct 2025
Fundraising ≠ Capital Formationoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2025
The Seneca of Investing | Jacob Miller | Superclusters | S6E4original ↗
20 Oct 2025
Dear Emerging Manageroriginal ↗
17 Oct 2025
Helpful is a 10-Letter Word | Eric Sippel | Superclusters | S6E3original ↗
13 Oct 2025
DGQ 25: Were you successful because or in spite of your last firm?original ↗
10 Oct 2025
The Most Frequent VS Most Important LP Conversations | El Pack w/ Adam Marchick | Superclustersoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2025
Energy, Intelligence, and Integrityoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2025
NO Diligence is Ever Enough | Anurag Chandra | Superclusters | S6E2original ↗
29 Sept 2025
The Question-Offoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2025
How to Not Get Fired When Changing Your VC Strategy | El Pack w/ Beezer Clarkson | Superclustersoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2025
On Re-Upsoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2025
How to Read Investors Like a Book | Thorsten Claus | Superclusters | S6E1original ↗
15 Sept 2025
The Work I Do with GPsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2025
Goldilocks and the 3 Secondariesoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2025
If 198 Pieces of Unsolicited, (Possibly) Ungoogleable Advice for Investors Were Not Enoughoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2025
Gratitude and Deal Floworiginal ↗
22 Aug 2025
Why I Don’t Pay for LinkedIn Premiumoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2025
How to Increase Dialogue with your LPs | El Pack w/ Kelli Fontaine | Superclustersoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2025
Intro Policyoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2025
81% of America is Underfunded | Vijen Patel & Grady Buchanan | Superclusters | S5PSE1original ↗
4 Aug 2025
On GP Commitsoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2025
How Many Exceptions Are Too Many? | El Pack w/ John Felix | Superclustersoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2025
How to Boost Engagement: Proven LP Relationship Building Techniquesoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2025
Uncompensated Risks in VC | Wendy Li | Superclusters | S5E12original ↗
21 Jul 2025
LP Relationship Management: The 2 Frameworks You Need to Build Trustoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2025
The Inside Peek Into How Family Offices Gather | Samira Salman | Superclusters | S5E11original ↗
14 Jul 2025
#unfiltered #95 Loose Food-For-Thought from LPsoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2025
Should VCs Scale? | El Pack w/ Screendoor | Superclustersoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2025
How to Underwrite Angel Track Records in Less than 2500 Wordsoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2025
Venture Capital is DEAD! | El Pack w/ Chris Douvos | Superclustersoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2025
My Worry with AIoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2025
We Need Mega Cap VC Funds | Nicky Sugarman | Superclusters | S5E10original ↗
23 Jun 2025
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