I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday and are excited for the upcoming year. These are some business wins I had for the year.
- Screened 200 deals
- Conducted 31 deep dives
- Lead Statera round ($2.5M raised)
- New York business trip- (Grata HQ, Liz Harrow from Shakti)
- 4 DWP Capital Executive Poker Games
- 52 Capital Stack Podcast Episodes
- Cultivated great relationships- (Justin Gray, Mark Tomaino, Mike Bauer, Austin Poole,
- LA Business Trips (Eva Ho, Ed Wilson)
- Personal website launched for content distribution (DavidPaul.com)
- Read 24 Books
- 2 solo digital detox retreats
- Visited Harvard and met with two Grata Scholars
- Excellent NPS from DWP Venture Capital Associate Program
- 7 industry market maps
- DWP Capital Annual Dinner
- Referred product/engineering team to portco.
- Referred former CFO colleague to new position
- New limited partners – 10
- Re ups from existing- 81% renewed
- 100% increase in check size
- Downtown Works lease in Carlsbad
- Brought on Tristan Lee as an Associate
Reads:
- It’s a ‘massive student debt strike’ activist says, as millions of borrowers still aren’t making payments – CNBC
- Credit-Card Spending Piles Up as Savings Dwindle– WSJ
- HTN 2024 Healthcare Predictions: Looking Back to Move Forward – Health Tech Nerds
Listens:
Venture Unlocked: Brad Gerstner of Altimeter Capital
Books:
Siddhartha: Herman Hesse
