I pulled an all-nighter "constructing" this presentation for @MaxAWebster's LPs (the investor's investors) following a weekend retreat he hosted for his portfolio companies. The whole weekend was awesome and every founder and person I met in Max's circle were awesome. I waited until the last minute (super out of character for me) to construct the talk because I didn't fully understand the context and wanted to gather as much intel as possible.
The intel I gathered from Max and the LPs at the retreat was:
- LPs might be aware of the company but not super familiar with the details
- Likewise with bitcoin
- LPs are more focused on big picture stuff like growth and vision
Also, the talk was only scheduled for 10 minutes so my conclusion was that I shouldn't obsessively qualify things and mostly focus on optimism and entertainment. In the end I'd guess my talk was only 3-5 minutes, which imo is a sign that I spent an appropriate amount of time preparing. I opened the talk with:
I'd like to thank Max for arranging this TedX talk ... I'd like to thank Max for hosting this event. I'm biased, but Max is the best VC in bitcoin, and I've met most of them, or know founders that have met the ones I haven't met.I'd also like to thank Max's LPs for being rich. Being rich is awesome. I hope to be rich some day.
The rest was me presenting the slides. Shout out to @kepford's advice last year to go very light on text.