1. Effective communication with IC

  2. Sourcing I: with IC in mind;

  3. Sourcing II: connecting with founders

  4. Developing associates; cultivating a following

  5. Investor relations - managing your key stakeholder Partners who can promote and pay you

  6. Know thyself? Your internal narrative makes/breaks your success.

  7. Understand others’ motivations and goals so that you can more effectively collaborate with them?

  8. Live with risk on? It’s different when you’re leading the deal.

  9. Balance: Maintain healthy boundaries in a 24/7/365 job? If you don’t have balance, people think you’re weird and don’t want to work with you.