Dream VC’s Post

💌 Hey, I’m Francis Nwalibe.. here is my open letter to you👋 I went through the Dream VC program last year and there’s a lot I wish someone told me before going in. If you’re applying this year, I’ll be your “𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞”. First, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮. If you think you know what VC is about, think again. You’ll spend hours learning and unlearning things, while getting practical context to everything you learn. I wish someone had told me that the 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞, 🧯 and that the tutors will do everything to make sure everything makes sense. And it will. I wish I’d known about the financial modeling modules 📰 . A quick word of advice. Start studying it now so it doesn’t look strange when you finally have to. It would be nice if someone had told me that I’ll meet some of the nicest people ever at the program, and make lifelong friends with them. I’d have loved for someone to tell me that I’ll have to work in groups with other people. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐭’𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. But in every case, I was going to have an incredible amount of fun. I wish someone had told me about the retreats. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲. I wish I’d known about the many assignments that come with each module, and the scramble to turn them in before 12am. I wish I’d known I’d be voted the funny bone of the cohort 😂 . I wish I’d known that I’ll have the best time ever in the program, both professionally and socially. Maybe, just maybe, I’d have applied much sooner. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐈𝐭’𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩. 🔥 Cheers,  Francis Nwalibe