Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

Mac Conwell on making connections and learning from 5000+ investor meetings

17 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, Mac Conwell reflects on the massive number of investor meetings he conducted between June 2020 and June 2021—over 1,100 meetings in a three‑month span and nearly 4,000 meetings over a year. He discusses his mindset toward receiving 'no' responses, emphasizing that a rejection is not a final negative but simply a 'not yet' and an opportunity to learn and build connections rather than focusing solely on immediate funding.

I would love for you to talk about maybe some of the, the nos that you got that ultimately ended up, you know, you reflected on them in a positive way looking back now.
There's nothing positive about getting a no. What are you talking about?
It's just not yet.
No, no. Fuck. Um, I mean, it's, it's interesting, like, because I had so many meetings in a short amount of time, like, for context, Mm-hmm. From June of 2020 to September of 2020, I had over 1,100 meetings, right? And from like June 2020 to June of 2021, I had close to 4,000 meetings. So like, I just had a bunch of meetings, right?
Mm-hmm.
And so I never went into them thinking about money as I was about learning and making connections. If the money happened, great. And so when people would pass, I'd be like, well, I never asked for it anyway, so thanks. It's cool. But you know, there were a few toward, but like as I got closer to the end of the fund, The momentum was picking up. I started getting more and more institutions who were interested.