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Step inside the VC conversation — no hype, just hard-won insight

I’m Jacob Mullins — after twenty years in Silicon Valley, I’ve seen how the best investors think, learn, and evolve. I built VC Mastermind to capture those conversations — real, candid discussions with the people building the firms that define the next era of venture capital.

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Inside the Silicon Valley Playbook

After two decades in Silicon Valley, I've learned that running a venture firm well is equal parts art, timing, and discipline. VC Mastermind goes inside the craft — candid conversations with the GPs and emerging managers building enduring firms, from the first close to full DPI.

  • Capital Raising & Fund Strategy
    How today's leading GPs are refining their theses, positioning new vehicles, and adapting to the current LP landscape.
  • Team Building & Partnership Design
    How experienced investors structure their partnerships, design incentives, and think long-term about the next generation of firm leadership.
  • Firm Operations & LP Management
    How top firms actually run — from internal systems to LP communication — and what separates firms that scale from firms that stall.
  • Liquidity Strategy & DPI
    How GPs are driving returns in tighter markets: continuation funds, secondary sales, and the exit decisions that define a fund's legacy.
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About VC Mastermind

By VCs, for VCs.

I'm Jacob Mullins. After two decades in Silicon Valley — half as a startup founder, half as a venture investor — I noticed something that surprised me: there's endless advice for entrepreneurs, but almost none for the people who back them.

VC Mastermind exists to change that. It's a podcast and media platform built for the practitioners — GPs, emerging managers, and the operators building the firms behind the firms. Real conversations about the decisions that actually shape a fund: how you raise, how you build your team, how you drive returns, and how you build something that lasts.

Our guests and listeners span every stage of the venture journey, from first-time fund managers to multi-fund veterans. What connects them is a belief that great investors never stop learning — and that the most useful knowledge in this industry still travels person to person, conversation to conversation.

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