David Lu is the Co-Founder of Textbook Ventures, a non-profit organisation inspiring students to embrace entrepreneurship and be catalysts of change. In this episode, we learn about Venture Capital and how you can get into this field of work even without much experience at all. We go over what exactly David does and also his personal tips on how you can break into space whilst in University or still in the early stage of your career. 

Key Topics and Learnings

• We discuss David's journey into the Venture capital space and how his experiences have led him to where he is today
• How university may not be exactly what you want to do but that's okay
• What are some tips and tricks for people who are interested in Venture Capital 
• How to effectively find a mentor in the space that you are interested in
• How the machine gun strategy for meeting people for opportunities just doesn't work. Doing things that don't scale.

Resources:

• Venture Deals by Brad Feld: https://amzn.to/31ZAzUl
• Fred Wilson Blog: https://avc.com
• The Twenty Minute VC: http://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/
• David Lu’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daluie
• 256 Ventures: https://www.256.ventures/
• Virgil Capital: https://www.virgilcap.com/
• Texture Ventures: https://textbook.ventures/