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#116 Be Bombastic To Get Ahead — Dr Ala Alenazi (Ascension VC)
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Dr Ala Alenazi is a TechBio Investor at Ascension and holds a PhD in Molecular Genetics from Cambridge University — she describes herself as a recovering scientist with extreme FOMO.
0:00 Intro
0:47 Being bombastic
3:32 Do PhDs make good VC investors?
10:38 How much of VC is luck?
12:47 Network building in VC
19:16 Getting deal flow
22:15 How to ask for things
24:43 Experience being a brown woman in VC
28:42 No one gives you anything, you just have to take it
33:50 Main character syndrome
We talk about how being bombastic is the key to getting opportunities, why contrary to popular belief — PhDs don’t suck as investors, how to ask people to do things for you and what it’s like being a brown woman in VC.
You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io
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Manage episode 359915976 series 2663557
Dr Ala Alenazi is a TechBio Investor at Ascension and holds a PhD in Molecular Genetics from Cambridge University — she describes herself as a recovering scientist with extreme FOMO.
0:00 Intro
0:47 Being bombastic
3:32 Do PhDs make good VC investors?
10:38 How much of VC is luck?
12:47 Network building in VC
19:16 Getting deal flow
22:15 How to ask for things
24:43 Experience being a brown woman in VC
28:42 No one gives you anything, you just have to take it
33:50 Main character syndrome
We talk about how being bombastic is the key to getting opportunities, why contrary to popular belief — PhDs don’t suck as investors, how to ask people to do things for you and what it’s like being a brown woman in VC.
You can find me on Twitter @MustafaSultan and subscribe to my newsletter on www.musty.io
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