opening keynote: gary stewart

Your network is your net worth

Reach out to FFF

Pay it forward

Build long term relationships

Be like a cockroach

The Black vc journey

We’re born swaggin and we waste time trying to be like “them.” They wanna be like us

Be yourself so the right people can find you

Raising capital sucks. Don’t glamorize it.

Expect 153 nos before the first yes.

Your first meeting is not to get money. Your first meeting is to get a second meeting.

Try to push off VC funding as long as possible. If you don’t have to, don’t do it.