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Full Disclosure: I work for FundersClub We had this problem for a long time. We had a generic cold inbound form and got such an abundance of email with no goo
by mrjaeger 12y ago
Full Disclosure: I work for FundersClub
We had this problem for a long time. We had a generic cold inbound form and got such an abundance of email with no good way of filtering it that we just gave up on it. However we realized that with a bit of focus we could turn this into a good way to get some great deals we would have otherwise missed.
We now again have an founder application form (https://fundersclub.com/founders/apply/ https://fundersclub.com/founders/apply/). It asks some generic questions followed by more specific metrics based questions depending on what type of company you are (Consumer, B2B etc.). We can then filter based on these to surface what we believe to be good opportunities to the top. Would love any feedback on the metrics we ask for - we try to keep them as data focused as possible, as once you start asking more qualitative questions you go right back to being overwhelmed.
- sparkzilla 12y agoI just applied. Thank you!
- anigbrowl 12y agoI'm just curious - why don't you delegate the cold pile to junior staff and make them do brief (39 min) writeups of incoming proposals? Film production firms (my field) are like VCs in that they receive many awful proposals and only a few of the good ones will actually work out, but they employ people to read incoming scripts and work up short summaries to indicate which ones might be worth their personal attention.