Lylan Masterman

General Partner at White Star Capital. Canadian-born New Yorker. Kauffman Fellow. CompSci Geek. The y in my name is pronounced as a hard i. www.lylan.com

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Lylan Masterman in Pitch Like a Pro

Jan 5, 2017 · 3 min read

A VC explains how people mess up one crucial slide in their pitch deck

One of the most common slides in startup pitch decks is the competitive analysis slide.

You know, the slide where your company is in the top-right corner and your competitors are all…

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Lylan Masterman

Nov 7, 2016 · 6 min read

For Women in Tech, Bias Runs Deeper Than Most Think

A VC’s recent suggestion that women in tech use an initial instead of a first name to escape bias grated on many readers.

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Lylan Masterman in Startup Grind

Sep 24, 2016 · 6 min read

Bots: What I Learned at Botcamp Day

tl;dr: bots are deeplinks, watch out for iMessage, Facebook is being deliberate and careful with its platform

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Lylan Masterman in Lylan Masterman

Sep 12, 2016 · 6 min read

3 Reasons That Blameless Retrospectives Build Trust

An Operator-turned-Investor’s Perspective on Highly Functional Startups

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Lylan Masterman in Lylan Masterman

Sep 2, 2016 · 5 min read

My Path into Venture Capital

And my future articles

I’m a Venture Capital investor at White Star Capital, which invests in Series A technology startups (and some Seed and some Series B) across both sides of the Atlantic.

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