"There are a lot of requests from people wanting to break into the VC space. I encourage people to start thinking about the VC processes like sourcing, picking, helping, exiting, and demonstrate their competence by writing about it. Show a record of your thinking because that's essentially what investing is. It's thinking and making a decision. I don't encourage people with pure finance backgrounds to go straight into early stage VC where it’s pretty hands-on and operational and you won't have a lot of context or empathy for that stage. I always encourage people that if you've only done two years of banking or you’re fresh grads, go work at a company first instead of trying to get straight into VC." - Shiyan Koh
"You have to meet and believe in the founder, but you also have to do the math on the market size, the product market fit, and the acquisition costs. If you do the math, you're better than a good chunk of investors out there. You have to be thoughtful about putting the numbers in writing and ask yourself if you believe it. There's a huge value added to the founder when you have that conversation with them openly, and it's also a great way for you to better differentiate between which are the good companies and which are the great ones." - Jeremy Au
"We strive for an unbiased, open application process and if it's someone we know personally, we ask someone else on the investment team to evaluate it. We try to remove bias from all parts of the system, and that's our part of the universe that we're trying to make as fair as possible. That goes back to what the zone that you can control is. We want to promote other women, suggest them for speaking spots, and make introductions for them, but at the end of the day, there are other things that we’re not able to control." - Shiyan Koh
In this episode, Jeremy Au speaks on the Taylor Swift UOB card 45% surge, 17.4% women VC representation, and career advice for investors.
Keywords: Taylor Swift UOB Card 45% Surge, 17.4% Women VC Representation, Career Advice for Investors, Singapore, Women, VC, Thought Leadership
