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    BoxGroup: The First Conversation Advantage

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    17 feb 2026
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    Discover how NYC's BoxGroup built a venture capital empire by being entrepreneurs' first conversation, backing Ramp, Plaid, and Warby Parker before they had traction.

    BoxGroup: The First Conversation Advantage

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    Before there is a company, there is a conversation—we want to be that first conversation. We are comfortable with a lot of assumptions, more vision than traction, and raw product.

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    5 h 18 m•4 Episodi

    Punti chiave

    1

    The First Conversation Philosophy

    0:00
    0:12
    0:16
    0:32
    0:39
    0:58
    2

    The Switzerland Strategy

    1:08
    1:20
    1:25
    1:39
    0:39
    2:02
    2:11
    2:27
    2:36
    2:53
    3:04
    3

    The Art of Saying Yes

    3:17
    3:25
    3:30
    3:45
    3:51
    4:16
    4:23
    4:39
    4:49
    5:05
    5:13
    4

    The New York Advantage

    5:28
    5:41
    5:56
    0:39
    6:20
    6:21
    6:38
    6:45
    7:00
    7:10
    5

    The Collaborative Advantage

    7:25
    7:34
    7:39
    7:53
    8:00
    8:16
    8:28
    0:39
    8:51
    9:02
    9:18
    6

    The Humility Factor

    9:29
    9:36
    9:53
    10:01
    10:18
    0:39
    10:45
    10:57
    11:11
    11:22
    11:38
    7

    The Playbook for Aspiring Investors

    11:47
    11:55
    12:08
    12:21
    12:34
    12:48
    13:05
    13:21
    13:36
    13:50
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    Lessons from the Long Game

    14:07
    14:19
    14:33
    14:49
    4:49
    15:15
    15:29
    15:44
    15:58
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