Firm Building Chronicles
Sydney Paige ThomasA substack by Sydney Thomas about all things as they relate to building Symphonic Capital, a VC firm where she is the GP and Founder.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 12 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 2 years ago |
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Interested in joining a startup? Evaluate it like an investor.
Over the last year, many large tech companies, from Google to Meta to Spotify have laid off large numbers of employees, leaving a huge swath of talent looking for jobs, many of them considering joining a startup. As someone who has done a...
How LPs Can Help Emerging Managers Track Towards Realized Returns
Most fund managers are told to hold onto companies until they have an exit, either through an IPO or an acquisition. And they expect that to be the only potential outcome to produce returns both to themselves and their LPs. In Instacart’s I...
Owning Your Own Destiny As Founders
For many founders in yesterday’s climate, getting capital from a tier 1 VC firm meant success. But founders, I’m going to let you in on a little known secret - taking Sequoia’s capital doesn’t guarantee your success. In fact, the less capit...
The Hype Cycle Giveth, And Taketh Away: Ushering in a New Business Model for Pre-Seed Funds to Survive & Thrive In The New Normal
I was recently in conversation with Mark Suster, a veteran VC, about the cyclical nature of our industry. Mark mentioned that this current moment felt like 2010 all over again.
2010 had been an exceptionally tough year in VC, for reasons...
Still Us, But Bigger & Bolder
In pitches, one of my favorite questions from LPs has been “Why did you pick the name Impressionism for your firm?” It was a springboard for me to go down a rabbit hole in art history.
I love talking about art. And the Impressionism movem...
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I am the founder and GP of Symphonic Capital and I use this space to share my learnings as an emerging fund manager.
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