How I Built a Twitter Audience of 500K+ in 18 Months | Sahil Bloom Full Interview

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

March 1, 2022

Duration

45m

Channel

The Twenty Minute VC

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Sahil Bloom is the Founding Partner @ SRB Ventures, a $10M fund that leverages the 500K followers Sahil has amassed to invest at the intersection of venture and media. Previously, Sahil spent 7 years at a large investment fund managing over $3.5 billion in capital and serves on the board of 4 companies. He has also been an active angel investor in over 30 companies. ----------------------------------------------- In Today’s Episode with Sahil Bloom You Will Learn: 1.) How Sahil made his way from a career in traditional finance to building a media company and leveraging that to raise the latest SRB fund? How does Sahil advise others is the best way to “find their zone of genius”? 2.) How To Build a Media Engine: What have been some of Sahil’s biggest lessons on what works on Twiter and what does not work? What is the golden rule for Twitter? How does Sahil plan and come up with ideas for his Twitter threads? What tools and software does he use? How long does each thread take? 3.) The End of the Road for Traditional Venture: Why does Sahil think traditional venture is dying? What newcomers will take the place of the existing incumbents? Why does he think they are weak? What do new players provide that they do not? Which existing players will remain and be strong? Which will fade out? Does Sahil believe that VCs really provide any value? 4.) SRB Ventures: Why did Sahil decide to raise the new fund? How did he decide on size of the fund? What is the strategy? What is the portfolio construction? How does SRB provide media services others do not? How did Sahil meet Tim Cook? What have been some of his biggest lessons from knowing Tim? What is the biggest thing Sahil believes most people misunderstand about luck? ----------------------------------------------- #ShailBloom #20VC #HarryStebbings #VentureCapital #srbventures #twitter #twittergrowth #growthhacks #finance #businessadvice #timcook

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• Sahil Bloom

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, featuring Harry Stebbings and Sahil Bloom, How I Built a Twitter Audience of 500K+ in 18 Months | Sahil Bloom Full Interview explores from Zero to 500K: Sahil Bloom’s Content, Capital and Consistency Sahil Bloom describes how he went from a traditional private equity career to building a 500K+ Twitter audience starting in May 2020 by relentlessly creating evergreen, value-driven content. He shares his philosophy of “zone of genius,” explaining how following your energy and strengths can justify leaving stable finance roles for more entrepreneurial, creative paths.

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