The Cohort Experience
Each cohort is limited to 10–15 emerging managers. Over six sessions, participants work through the intellectual, relational, and operational foundations of fund formation and firm building. These are intentionally designed as an "anti-accelerator" to carve out true differentiation for GPs, which comes from within.
The cohort model exists because fund building is not a solo endeavor. The managers who succeed are the ones who have a room they trust. The Circle is that room.
The Six Sessions
01
Thesis & Identity
Why are you doing this & should you embark on this journey. Here we explore frameworks like the "Golden Circle" and how to identify and articulate your Why in a compelling way.
02
Calling & Vocation
How to truly discern what makes you better & how to tell it to others. This session covers the Emergence concept, which Benedikt developed. It's goal is to maximzie your alignment and overlap between who you are as a person and the fund strategy you are pursuing. Your thesis should be uniquely yours and not be passed on to a different investor without loosing quality.
03
Conviction & Strategy
Can you articulate your lens in a way that inspires others? Here we cover story telling frameworks that most people miss. Like turning your LPs into the hero of your hero's journey.
04
The Ecology of a Fund
What ecosystems are you part of and how to map your network? Most people in Venture believe that everyone is equally gifted at connecting with people. This is not true. Some are better than others. But how should you think about this? How should you categorzie LPs in the map of your networks?
05
The Economics of Trust
One way to never raise any money is to lead with transactional relationships. Many don't do this consciously, but it happens all the time. Here we cover frameworks, like The Virtue of Play, on how to created trusted relationships with LPs. Some call it "vibes", but I'll show you that even thinkgers like Aristotle spoke about this.
06
The View from Across the Table
What LPs see when looking at you & what they are really looking for. This is where the magic comes together and all our work from our sessions will form into a cohesive mosaic of powerful conviction and articulation.
You can book a single session and work through it 1:1 with Benedikt. Choose from any of the six sessions above and go deep on the topic most relevant to where you are in your fund journey.
