The fold · what you send, what they compute
THE FOLD · WHAT YOU SEND, WHAT THEY COMPUTE SAME MATERIALS WHAT YOU SEND WHAT AN ALLOCATOR COMPUTES TRACK RECORD 8.1 · CLEARS THESIS AND EDGE 7.4 · CLEARS CONSTRUCTION 5.2 · BELOW PARTNERSHIP 6.9 · CLEARS TWO GAPS ON THE FOLD · RESERVE HISTORY ABSENT · ATTRIBUTION ONLY AT FIRM LEVEL THE MATERIALS ARE THE SAME. THE READING IS NOT. HOW YOU READ · THEIR RUBRIC, ON YOU
HOW YOU READ · ON THE RUBRIC THEY USE YOUR OWN GP ASSESSMENT 6.9 WEIGHTED, THEIR RUBRIC NOT YOUR DECK NARRATIVE TRACK RECORD 8.1 THESIS AND EDGE 7.4 PARTNERSHIP 6.9 CONSTRUCTION 5.2 YOU CAN RUN THE SAME ASSESSMENT ON YOURSELF THAT THEY WILL RUN ON YOU. You can run the same assessment on yourself that they will run on you.
THE GAPS · WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME
THE GAPS · WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME TWO OPEN RESERVE DEPLOYMENT HISTORY Never assembled, and every allocator asks for it ABSENT ATTRIBUTION Firm level only, not decomposed by partner FIRM ONLY REFERENCES Founders who would take the call, unbriefed THIN A GAP FOUND IN YOUR OWN ROOM COSTS AN UPLOAD. FOUND IN THEIRS, IT COSTS THE MEETING. EVERY ONE OF THESE IS FIXABLE BEFORE THE FIRST CALL, AND NOT AFTER. A gap found in your own room costs an upload. Found in theirs, it costs the meeting.
THE DDQ · ANSWERED FROM THE RECORD
THE DDQ · ANSWERED FROM THE RECORD 312 QUESTIONS TRACK RECORD 100% TEAM 100% CONSTRUCTION 68% REFERENCES 54% ESG 40% ANSWERED FROM WHAT YOU ALREADY BUILT, NOT WRITTEN FROM SCRATCH AT NIGHT THE PARTS THAT ARE THIN ARE THE PARTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY THIN. Answered from what you already built, not written from scratch at night.
THE LPs · IN MANDATE, WITH THE PATH
THE LPs · WHO IS GENUINELY IN MANDATE NOT A LIST YOU BOUGHT 9 WRITE THIS SIZE 14 BACK FIRST FUNDS 6 WARM, ONE HOP 31 COLD, NOT WORKED 23 WORTH A REAL CONVERSATION EACH WITH THE PATH TO THEM MANDATE FIT FIRST, WARMTH SECOND. A WARM LP WHO CANNOT WRITE IS A COFFEE. Mandate fit first, warmth second.