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VC TRAINING CURRICULUM
For Emerging VCs, Angel investors, and Fund Managers.
50+ hours of self paced content, 500+ slides, live sessions, and more.
📃 Course Introduction - RBL1 Investor Training Program
📃 Course Syllabus - RBL1 Investor Training Program
1. Introduction to Investing + What is a Start-up?
2. Where do startups get funding + Friends & Family
3. Accelerators + Incubators
4. Angel Investors
5. Crowdfunding
6. Venture Capital
7. Additional Investors
📃 Startup Snapshot
1. Introduction
2. Prototypes
3. Product Testing
4. User & Customer Interviews
5. Influencer & Subject Matter Experts
6. Investment Evaluation Guide
7. Startup Snapshot
8. Startup CRMs & Data Tracking
9. Partners Meeting
10. Competitive Analysis
11. Financial Analysis
12. Waterfall Analysis
13. Term Sheet
14. Additional Analyses
15. Investment Committee Memo | Deck
📃 Investor Evaluation Guide
1. Introduction
2. Meeting Preparation
3. Founder Resources + During the Meeting
4. Investor Questions 1-7
5.Investor Questions 8-15
6.Investor Questions 16-24
7. Investor Questions 25-32
8. Investor Questions 33-44
9. Investor Questions 45-48 + Snapshot Review
10. Post Meeting
📃 Startup Engagement & Investor Questions
1. Introduction
2. Presenter's Background
3. Cover, Problem, Business Model
4. Market, Go to Market
5. Competition, Finances
6. Impact
7. Traction, Team, Next Steps
8. Story Arch + Closing
📃 The Startup Pitch
1. Venture Selection Process Overview
2. Sourcing
3. Deal Screen
4. Deal Screen + Initial Startup Meetings
5. Deal Screen + Investor Guide
6. Partners Review + Startup Snapshot
7. Due Diligence
8. Investment Committee + Deploying Capital
📃 Venture Selection Process
1. Introduction
2. Fit
3. Using the Product
4. Prototypes
5. Demos
6. Financial Short Cuts
7. Thresholds
8. Competitive Analysis
9. Interviews, Guide, Snapshot
10. Deal Comparison
📃 Deal Screen
1. Introduction
2. Activities
3. Roles
4. Preparation
📃 Partners Meeting Memo
1. Introduction
2. Venture Selection Process
3. IC Document Overview
4. Part 1 - Summary, Problem, Business Model
5. Part 2 - Market, Competition, Financials
6. Part 3 - Traction, Go to market, Pipeline
7. Part 4 - Impact
8. Part 5 - Next Steps & Follow-up
📃 Investment Committee Memo
1. Introduction
2. Pitch Deck Finances + Model Overview
3. Financial Modeling - Revenue
4. Financial Modeling - Expenses
5. Financial Modeling - Expenses Continued
6. Financial Modeling - Review
📃 Financial Modeling Documentation
📃 Rebel One - Financial Model Template
1. Introduction
2. What is a 'Cap' table?
3. Venture Selection Process
4. Cap Table Exercise (Part 1)
5. Cap Table Exercise (Part 2)
6. Discussion Points - The Founder Pie (Part 1)
7. Discussion Points - Additional Points (Part 2)
📃 Capitalization Tables (aka 'Cap' Tables)
📃 RBL1 - Financial Model - See 'Cap Table' for exercise
1. Introduction
2. Venture Selection Process & Financials
3. Comparables
4. Discounted Cashflow
5. Berkus Method (or Similar)
6. Market
7. Sources of Capital
8. Additional Considerations
📃 Valuation Documentation
1. Introduction
2. Outbound Marketing to Startups
3. Inbound Marketing to Startups
4. Outreach + Partner's Meeting Prep
5. Post Meeting Follow-up
📃 Deal Flow
1. Introduction
2. The Market + Setting the Stage
3. Context
4. Resume & Preparation
5. Personal Branding
6. Networking
7. New Tactics
📃 Breaking Into VC
1. Introduction
2. Keyword List + Secondary Research
3. Primary Research
4. Research Process
5. Synthesis & Closing
📃 Industry | Market Research
1. Introduction
2. Define - Brief, Key Word Search, Types of Analyses
3. Secondary Research
4. Primary Research
5. Analysis - Table
6. Analysis - Bar Chart
7. Analysis - Line Graph + Market Map
8. Heat Map + Bubble Chart
9. Scatter Plot + 2x2
10. Combinations + Custom Charts
11. Analyze + Refine
12. Publishing + Next Steps
📃 Investment Thesis
1. Market Sizing Introduction
2. Market Sizing Slide
3. Identifying Initial Market Segments
4. Detailing Market Segments
5. Market Segmentation Analysis Example
6. Sizing the Market
7. Market Sizing Formula
8. Market Sizing Example
9. Calculating your SAM and TAM
1. Lean Startup Introduction
2. Where are you in the process?
3. Secondary Research
4. Primary Research
5. BUILD
6. BUILD Mockups
7. Combination of Mock-ups
8. Developing Assumptions
9. Testing
10. Types of Tests (Part 1)
11. Types of tests (Part 2)
12. Types of Tests (Part 3)
13. Sprint Tracker
14. Sequence of Testing
15. Lean Startup Example
EMERGING MANAGERS
Live & Online Sessions Customized To Build A Fund.
Annual access to deals, VC/CEO networking, training, insight from Silicon Valley, and beyond.
1. Thesis Development
2. Metrics
3. Fund Size
4. Terms
5. Competitive Advantage
6. Sourcing
7. Portfolio Support
1. Recruiting
2. Talent
3. Fund Legacy
1. Returns
2. Cash Management
3. ROI
4. MOIC
5. TVPI Realized/Unrealized
6. Recycling
1. Targeting LPs
2. LP Outreach
3. Process Management
4. Limited Partner Advisory Council (LPAC)
1. Introduction
2. Outline, Summary, Partners
3. Team
4. Portfolio
5. Process
6. Terms
7. Appendix
📃 LP Deck Template
1. Fund Operations
2. Legal
3. Compliance
4. Reporting
5. Automation/System Development
*IP Presentation, Denise McKenzie, NSF
BECOME A MEMBER
Rebel One is a life-long, invite-only community with a 5-week immersive onboarding to help you build lasting relationships from Day 1.
Asynchronous Online Training
Access a curriculum of 200+ videos based on a decade’s worth of research on startups and venture studios covering everything from sourcing to fund strategy
VC & Startup Resource Library
Unlock over 500+ startup pitch decks, investment committee memos, financial models, and investment thesis examples from our private library.
Live Deal Review & Networking
Review live deals with a global network of current and aspiring investors, and consider personal investment opportunities.
Venture & Angel Masterclasses
Join live discussion events and training on topics including due diligence, thesis development, career recruiting, negotiating term sheets, and more.
Launch a Fund or Syndicate
Emerging Managers cover topics including Fund Formation, Fund Modeling, Thesis Development, LP Pitch Deck Creation, Deal Flow Management, LP Fundraising Strategy, and more
The training and what you’re teaching is the real deal — hope people gain from it as much as I have.”
Jack Gomer
Principal, Multicare Capital Partners
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