@alexmedick depends how big your round is but paying $20k-50k seems to be a normal ish request
I come from the agency world all referrals are pay to play
First Annual General Meeting in the books. Over 3 years into building @redbudvc. Started at $5M; now at $40M. Invested in 43 companies across 20+ cities.
Hosted some great founders and investors in our hometown, Columbia, MO
Most founders who claim they have spent zero dollars on marketing fail to mention that they have big creators/investors on their cap tables who are doing free marketing for them.
It’s impressive how fast things are moving in the AI space, and how quickly products are gaining distribution, but “zero marketing spend” usually just means you paid for it in equity.
Hear me out… perhaps the Republican leadership shouldn’t have shut down Congress until after the election just to stop the rest of the Epstein files from being released.