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#042: Private Social for VCs, CEOs, and Family Offices at Exclusive Beverly Hills Wine Club, Space Tour at NASA JPL, and More Events From Our Friends
Brandon Hoffman, Emerging LA & Gary Leung
January 31, 2025
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TLDR: Issue #042 Summary
Mission Matters & Sunset Ventures
Mission Matters amplifies impact through storytelling
Gathering of industry leaders at exclusive wine tasting
Upcoming Events
Trending
DeepSeek proves that a market exists for GPT “wrappers”
Advice for founders raising a Series A
Poll: What event format would you like to attend?
Private Wine Cellar Social for Investors
We are thrilled to co-host the Private Wine Tasting with Chirag Sagar of Mission Matters.
This is an investor wine-tasting social for VCs, CXOs, and family offices.
Here’s the vibe:
Bring: Your favorite bottle of wine or high-end spirit ($30+ suggested).
Where: A private, members-only wine club in Beverly Hills.
Who: CEOs, investors, and family offices who care about making a difference.
What: Light bites, great wine, and even better conversations.
This is about connecting with inspiring people, sharing ideas, and celebrating missions that matter.
If you’re as passionate about impact as we are or love great wine, this is your night.
Keep reading for details.
Investor Wine Social for Family Offices & VCs (Beverly Hills)
Mission Matters, Emerging LA, and Sunset Ventures team up for an exclusive wine-tasting event at an upscale wine club in Beverly Hills.
Space & Robotics Tour at NASA JPL (Pasadena)
The Space & Robotics Tour is one of our most popular events, so we are bringing yet another small group private tour together at NASA JPL research center.
We will be joined by co-host Steph Smith of the Internet Pipes Community.
NOTE: If approved, you must show! (or be excluded from future events). We need 100% attendance on this one, please.
Tweet of the Week
DeepSeek’s implication for GPT “wrappers” startups
Is DeepSeek the end of OpenAI? Greg Isenberg thinks not.
DeepSeek’s cheaper AI model might be a proof-of-concept for the so-called “GPT wrapper” startups.
All those AI startups we dismissed are actually positioned to win.
They're not competing on model performance - they're competing on being the default way humans interact with AI.
DeepSeek just proved the 'worthless' GPT wrapper startups are actually the ones with real moats.
A week ago, nothing was more LOW status than being a 'GPT wrapper' startup.
But I think we're learning that's DEAD wrong. Turns out they were just early to the only game that… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg)
2:43 PM • Jan 27, 2025
Post of the Week
#1 Advice to Seed Founders
20 seconds of advice: Number 1 thing to remember as a Seed-backed founder:
Keep team small & burn low as you search for Product Market Fit (PMF).
Only then, do you consider hiring more, selling & growing faster, and increasing burn. That warrants raising more capital.
Hadley Harris is the founding GP of ENIAC Ventures and was previously a founder of two successful venture-backed startups.
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