VC10X - Founders should be a student of revenue - Promise Phelon, Founder, Growth Warrior Capital

Promise Phelon is an operator turned investor. She is the Founder & Managing Partner at Growth Warrior Capital where they are investing in Seed & Series A enterprise AI companies. Links: ⭐ Sponsored by Podcast10x - Podcasting agency for VCs - https://podcast10x.com Growth Warrior Capital website - https://www.growthwarriorcapital.com/ Growth Warrior Capital YouTube - https://youtube.com/@growthwarriorcapital?si=U7j97S7O0pjW_dek Promise on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/promisephelon 🎙️ Hosted by Prashant Choubey Follow Prashant on X - https://x.com/ChoubeySahab Follow Prashant on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab In this episode we talk about - - Promise's story and how she started investing - Investing in 'dangerous' founders at Growth Warrior Capital - How she helps her portfolio companies set up for success - Raising majority of fund 1 from institutional limited partners - What it means to be a student of revenue - Exit landscape & lots more Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction of Promise Phelon and her background (03:13) Founding of Growth Warrior Capital and the story behind its name (06:27) Experience as a woman of color in the tech and venture capital industry (10:06) The type of founders Growth Warrior Capital looks to back (11:28) Sectors and focus areas of investment (13:05) How Promise helps portfolio companies get off the ground (16:27) Structuring the VC firm and raising from LPs (21:16) YouTube series "Mastering the CEO Journey" (23:33) What early-stage founders get wrong (25:37) What it means to be a "student of revenue" (28:05) Insights on leading a company to a successful exit (31:07) Current exit landscape and how founders should navigate it (32:54) Diversity and inclusion in venture capital (38:18) Rapid fire round covering investment details For sponsorship or guest appearance requests, write to prashantchoubey3@gmail.com Subscribe to VC10X on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts.