Deep Dive

Solo issues from Vadim: frameworks, data, and playbooks for science-driven founders.


🧭 Don’t stop at your first 40 investors

🧭 Don’t stop at your first 40 investors

How to widen your investor search without lowering the bar

Aug 16, 2026

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9 min read

🧭 Your investor list is lying to you

🧭 Your investor list is lying to you

I didn't see this one coming

Aug 9, 2026

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10 min read

🧭 Answering your most pressing questions

🧭 Answering your most pressing questions

Breaking down warm intros, lead investors, angels, timing, and AI

Aug 2, 2026

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10 min read

🧭 Before you send that deck..

🧭 Before you send that deck..

5 lessons from the Pitch Deck Intensive, and 10 questions to ask before you raise

Jul 26, 2026

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10 min read

🧭 Stop calling it patient capital

🧭 Stop calling it patient capital

What I learned from mapping 100+ family offices (plus a link to the directory)

Jul 20, 2026

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16 min read

🧭 Don't wait for September

🧭 Don't wait for September

Raising this fall? Here's how to use this summer (plus a special SOSV event this week)

Jul 12, 2026

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12 min read

🧭 Where conviction leaks

🧭 Where conviction leaks

Your deck has all the right slides. So why isn't it working?

Jun 28, 2026

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10 min read

🧭 Asset? Or Engine?

🧭 Asset? Or Engine?

What is a pitch deck REALLY for + Free Workshop

Jun 14, 2026

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8 min read

🧭 Don't panic

🧭 Don't panic

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Pitching in Person - and other lessons from NY Tech Week

Jun 7, 2026

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7 min read

🧭 What AI sees when it reads your deck

🧭 What AI sees when it reads your deck

How to build your deck in the age of AI - plus a live workshop!

Jun 1, 2026

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9 min read

🧭 Raise enough to fail

🧭 Raise enough to fail

How NOT to size your round

May 10, 2026

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10 min read

🧭 The wire hit. Now what?

🧭 The wire hit. Now what?

The Operations OS I wish I had when I started

May 3, 2026

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11 min read

🧭 The truth about biotech pre-seed & seed funding

🧭 The truth about biotech pre-seed & seed funding

What the data actually shows and how to successfully run your round

Apr 20, 2026

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11 min read

🧭 How to prep for any investor meeting in 30 minutes

🧭 How to prep for any investor meeting in 30 minutes

The system I wish every founder had before their first pitch

Apr 12, 2026

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9 min read

🧭 From scientist to CEO

🧭 From scientist to CEO

How you can make the transition

Mar 29, 2026

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11 min read

🧭 Urgency is structured, not manufactured

🧭 Urgency is structured, not manufactured

How to add momentum to your fundraise without compromising your morals :)

Mar 23, 2026

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9 min read

🧭 You got the term sheet. Now what?

🧭 You got the term sheet. Now what?

One term sheet framework to make sense of them all

Mar 15, 2026

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9 min read

🧭 How investors really value your company

🧭 How investors really value your company

Hint: It's not just vibes. But it's not a detailed rNPV either.

Mar 9, 2026

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9 min read

🧭 You don't need a better pitch deck

🧭 You don't need a better pitch deck

The one-pager framework that gets technical founders in the room

Mar 1, 2026

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12 min read

🧭 From ghosted to partner meeting

🧭 From ghosted to partner meeting

How 5 questions turned a science poster into an investment story

Feb 23, 2026

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9 min read

🧭 What VCs actually want in your data room

🧭 What VCs actually want in your data room

The 3-layer setup that makes investors say yes faster

Feb 15, 2026

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10 min read

🧭 No response from investors? Try this instead.

🧭 No response from investors? Try this instead.

How to build the outreach that your science deserves

Feb 8, 2026

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12 min read

🧭 What kind of AI company are you, anyway?

🧭 What kind of AI company are you, anyway?

Here's how to cut through the noise - especially if you're raising capital

Jan 26, 2026

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10 min read

🧭 How to get funded in 2026

🧭 How to get funded in 2026

If you do nothing else this year, do this

Jan 11, 2026

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12 min read

🧭 You built the list. Now what?

🧭 You built the list. Now what?

With JPM 8 days away, here's your outreach playbook

Jan 5, 2026

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9 min read

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