Charlie O'Donnell | Sole GP @ Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

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The New York Startup

Zach Firestone

10 episodes

22 hours ago

Zach Firestone (VC @ Shadow Ventures) chats with founders, investors, and other key players in the New York startup ecosystem.

Entrepreneurship

Business

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Zach Firestone (VC @ Shadow Ventures) chats with founders, investors, and other key players in the New York startup ecosystem.

Entrepreneurship

Business

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Charlie O'Donnell | Sole GP @ Brooklyn Bridge Ventures | Lessons from 20 Years in VC

The New York Startup

29 minutes 45 seconds

5 years ago

Charlie O'Donnell | Sole GP @ Brooklyn Bridge Ventures | Lessons from 20 Years in VC

Charlie O'Donnell is the sole partner and founder of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, a very well known VC and the first in Brooklyn, which invests in New York based startups at the seed and pre-seed rounds (first $750k). With nearly twenty years of experience in the industry (Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, and the GM pension fund), Charlie shares key insights around startup investing.

-"Portfolio Thinker" vs. individual deal focus

-Why "great team" is thrown around too much

-Is diligence a waste of time?

-The problem with angel investing

-2020: Year of the Twitter DM Pitch!

-New York Bullshit