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Lisa Calhoun

@lisa_calhoun

I lead seed rounds in #AI & #SaaS Startups in the South ✨Founder @ValorVC & @startup_runway ✨ Kauffman Fellow 🏇 USDF Bronze Medalist

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Peter brings insight after insight in this discussion of where venture is, and where it is going this year. Worth a close listen for founders and startup investors alike —

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I am thrilled to be joining forces with so many of the great post-exit founders and visionaries in our community of courage to deliver the new Valor Founder Masterclass series.

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Join Lisa Calhoun as she sits down with visionary entrepreneur David Cummings to discuss his bold mission to revitalize Atlanta’s heart, tackling urban blight and transforming historic properties. 🎧lnkd.in/gG_sNT7X 📺lnkd.in/gmU-qnq9

Join <a href="/lisa_calhoun/">Lisa Calhoun</a> as she sits down with visionary entrepreneur <a href="/davidcummings/">David Cummings</a>  to discuss his bold mission to revitalize Atlanta’s heart, tackling urban blight and transforming historic properties. 

🎧lnkd.in/gG_sNT7X

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PODCAST DROP: If you live, work or play in Atlanta, listen in on this conversation with David Cummings. His courageous plan to revitalize Atlanta’s heart may just change everything you think you know about our downtown. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/atl…

PODCAST DROP: If you live, work or play in Atlanta, listen in on this conversation with <a href="/davidcummings/">David Cummings</a>. His courageous plan to revitalize Atlanta’s heart may just change everything you think you know about our downtown. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/atl…
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Remember when the Beltline was "just a ditch?" Atlanta's downtown is being transformed by another visionary, locally-led vision. Will it become an oasis for founders and entrepreneurs? 🎧lnkd.in/gw3ce_rd 📺 lnkd.in/gukxh-9y #Courage #Leadership #Atlanta #Investing

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The #1 constraint for fast growth startups used to be coding capacity. Now it’s something much closer to home … valor.vc/pop-1m-of-prod…

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Pre-seed founders looking for GREAT in person VC relationships and non-dilutive GRANTS to build out your MVP--apply today!

Pre-seed founders looking for GREAT in person VC relationships and non-dilutive GRANTS to build out your MVP--apply today!
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You have to be the the killer” Leaders don’t wait for others to make the tough calls. So, what’s holding you back from letting go of something that’s no longer working? Listen to the full conversation with Jennifer Dorian on the AtlantaStartupPodcast 🎧lnkd.in/gT3qhgY8

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Will genetic testing cause confusion or clarity? With Allelica’s CAD PRS, it’s clarity. Easy to read reports support informed conversations and better decisions for prevention. Built for cardiologists. Designed for patients. 📩 [email protected] #heartattack #cad #prevention

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One thing I’ve learned as a founder, and investor, is following your intuition is not really about rightness or wrongness. It’s about willingness to learn through lived experience rather than abstraction. It’s both the slowest and fastest path to owning your own wisdom.

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Founders, get an unfair advantage on how investors like Valor think— before you spend time on a pitch. Try DeckCheck to preflight getting to a check: deckcheck.valor.vc

Founders, get an unfair advantage on how investors like Valor think— before you spend time on a pitch. Try DeckCheck to preflight getting to a check: deckcheck.valor.vc
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I’ve been focusing on upping our founder platform, sharing the latest proven ways to scale. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One of the pieces we get the most outrageously happy founder response on is our Benchmarking Startup Sales Maturity deck. Which stage are you? gamma.app/docs/The-Sales…

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My views on VC are evolving. The writing is on the wall for venture capital: ↘️ VC returns? Sliding. ↘️ VC funds? Vanishing.  😐 VCs? Too detached from today’s entrepreneurial grind. I wrote a bit about the changes we’re seeing Valor VC— valor.vc/ai-and-the-eme…

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It is RARE for us to write💰$10K grant checks 💰for pre-seed, pre-funded startups. Do not miss the chance to apply to Startup Runway Foundation’s VIRTUAL Showcase this week. Apply to pitch for a non-dilutive grant—startuprunway.org

It is RARE for us to write💰$10K grant checks 💰for pre-seed, pre-funded startups. Do not miss the chance to apply to <a href="/Startup_Runway/">Startup Runway</a> Foundation’s VIRTUAL Showcase this week. Apply to pitch for a non-dilutive grant—startuprunway.org
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Tomorrow morning, I’m in RVA talking early #AI startup sales approaches that work. B2B founders here are ready —class “sold out” hours after posting. lu.ma/ha65c9gl

Tomorrow morning, I’m in RVA talking early #AI startup sales approaches that work. B2B founders here are ready —class “sold out” hours after posting. lu.ma/ha65c9gl
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Founder energy— that #courage to stare into the void and see the building blocks of better.🌟 Enjoyed leading Valor VC’s AI sales masterclass this morning because founders’ courage is our culture’s North Star. ✨As long as we have the courage to build better, we gonna be ok. 💫

Founder energy— that #courage to stare into the void and see the building blocks of better.🌟 Enjoyed leading  <a href="/valorvc/">Valor VC</a>’s AI sales masterclass this morning because founders’ courage  is our culture’s North Star. ✨As long as we have the courage to build better, we gonna be ok. 💫