AMA Recap: Venture Capital Feb 2022

Written by BAM Team | February 24, 2022 at 9:45 PM

Here's what we covered.

On February 23, Alex Konrad of Forbes, Marlize van Romburgh of Crunchbase News and Melia Russell of Insider took the time to answer questions about Venture Capital and journalism. The conversation covered exclusives, the importance of the founder's story and relationships. Check out the full recording below by entering your name and email, or read the highlights through our tweets. Happy pitching everyone! Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted questions!

Let's go live.

Here are some of the top AMA tweets and words of advice from our panelists. If you want the full scoop, check out the recording of the webinar by clicking here.

Alex Konrad of Forbes

Live from our #askmediaanything, "If you’re pitching multiple outlets you’re telling me you’re not reliable and your news isn’t that hot.” - @AlexrKonrad of @Forbes
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) February 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything, "How important could it really be if you don’t give us enough time? If you’re offering it the night before it doesn’t exude confidence.” - @AlexrKonrad of @Forbes
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) February 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything, "We only consider exclusives at Forbes, highly selective in coverage, unique angles in funding or bigger trends.” - @AlexrKonrad of @Forbes
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) February 23, 2022

Marlize van Romburgh of Crunchbase News

Live from our #askmediaanything, "We tend to love relationships that are just about offering information and context. That’s the best way to do it. Be open to making introductions.” - @MarlizeVR of @CrunchbaseNews
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) February 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything, "We don't cover seed rounds. Under $10 million-no." - @MarlizeVR of @CrunchbaseNews
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) February 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything, "It’s not an interesting story without an interview from the founder or investor.” - @MarlizeVR of @CrunchbaseNews
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) February 23, 2022

Melia Russell of Insider

Live from our #askmediaanything, "PSA, headshots are huge for us, in your downtime make all of your CEOs get headshots.” - @MeliaRobin of @businessinsider
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) February 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything, "I like when VCs share their phone numbers with me.” - @MeliaRobin of @businessinsider
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) February 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything, "There isn't a too small of a round...it's the compelling story." - @MeliaRobin of @@businessinsider
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) February 23, 2022

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