Charlie O'Donnell

Charlie O'Donnell

Partner, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

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For 20 years, Charlie has been a mainstay in the NYC startup and innovation community–starting as the first analyst at Union Square Ventures. He went on to help First Round Capital open up their NYC office in 2009, where he sourced investments in GroupMe, Singleplatform, Moat, and Backupify among others. In 2012, he started Brooklyn Bridge Ventures–the first venture fund based in Brooklyn– and funded over 100 local startup companies including Hungryroot, Brigit, Shortcut, Radformation, and Imagen.

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Founder Unfriendly:Book+Startup AI Coach - The feedback VCs won't give & the book that explains why.

Most pitch feedback tools review your deck. That's the smallest part of the problem. The Founder Unfriendly AI Coach — built on Charlie O'Donnell's bestselling book and 20 years of VC feedback sessions — covers the full arc: whether to raise VC at all, how to identify your real strengths as a fundable company, how to run a raise like a process instead of a prayer, and how to decode what investors are actually saying when they pass. Buy the book, unlock the coach.
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