# soccer club (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover soccer club. Page: Feed: --- ## [Probably Won’t Pass You on to Another Investor](http://zachholman.com/posts/investor-introductions) _2026-08-05 · Zach Holman_ This is one of those personal preferences that might differ from investor to investor, but: no, I probably won’t intro you with another investor if I’ve already passed on your company. A lot of venture capital is full of wishy-washy bullshit human feels over reals . It’s an odd way to manage a market worth trillions, but it is what it is. When I refer a company to another investor, without fail… ## [The Cold Email](http://zachholman.com/posts/cold-email) _2026-07-29 · Zach Holman_ Three of the biggest changes in my life all stemmed, in part, from cold outreach. Originally I was waitlisted at Carnegie Mellon. Getting waitlisted is like, being the first loser: you’re good enough to be in the topic of conversation, but they make it clear that you’re not good enough to actually get accepted. My dad had me next day air an additional essay about what I was working on at the time… ## [There’s No Minimum Angel Check Size](http://zachholman.com/posts/minimum-angel-check) _2026-05-01 · Zach Holman_ I remember one time I had this guy call me up, wanted to pitch me, right? Wanted to sell me stock. So I let him. I got every fuckin’ rebuttal outta this guy, kept him on the phone for an hour and a half. Towards the end I started askin’ him buying questions, like what’s the firm minimum? That’s a buying question, right there. That guy’s gotta take me down. It’s not like I asked him, what’s your… ## [Signed: A Portfolio for Investors](http://zachholman.com/posts/signed-a-portfolio-for-investors) _2026-03-24 · Zach Holman_ Awhile back I asked my friend Leah Culver about how she tracks angel investments, because I was just getting into angel investing and it seemed weird that everyone just had some shitty spreadsheet setup to keep track of all this stuff: Anyway, her answer was “a spreadsheet”. And that was the same for all the others I asked then, too. That was seven years ago . I always figured all these rich… ## [The Tools of Angel Investing](http://zachholman.com/posts/the-tools-of-angel-investing) _2026-02-27 · Zach Holman_ Part of the annoying thing about angel investing is that you’re ostensibly investing in CUTTING EDGE FUTURE STARTUPS who are about to BRING THE FUTURE TO YOUR FACE and in order to do this you have to go through some of the worst software and processes on the goddamn planet: banks, and laws. Some cool stuff remains, though. Money EUROPEANS AVERT YOUR EYES FOR THIS SECTION Thank god we got all the… ## [Taking Money off the Table](http://zachholman.com/posts/money-off-the-table) _2025-10-30 · Zach Holman_ Recently I had a long call with an old friend who was facing an age-old predicament that I’ve been seeing more and more these days: Lucked out, worked hard, employer is crushing it, and now she’s sitting on a large amount of paper money gains at her startup Company does a tender offer , either buying their stock back or allowing a third party to come in and buy shares Employees might be allowed to… ## [Shipping Calendearing](http://zachholman.com/posts/calendearing) _2025-09-29 · Zach Holman_ For when you have too many calendars Once upon a time I built a calendar and then wrote an exhaustively long talk about working with time, timezones, calendars, and everything in between. For a few unrelated reasons we ended up not shipping the calendar, but in general, as I mentioned in the post: Zach, whatever you do: just don’t ever build a calendar. Anyway, I built a calendar again ! Okay,… ## [Losing Money is the Point](http://zachholman.com/posts/losing-money-is-the-point) _2025-07-21 · Zach Holman_ It’s mind-boggling how many in the general public don’t understand this, so let me rant about it for a bit: many companies are designed to lose money this year. That’s the fucking point. Today’s main character energy is the news of WNBA players wearing Pay Us What You Owe Us shirts during the All-Star game. The knuckle-draggers on social media immediately clutched their pearls, saying “ohmygod the… ## [Nontraditional Red Teams](http://zachholman.com/posts/red-teams) _2025-02-03 · Zach Holman_ Most developers know about red teams : a specific group of people chosen to be the antagonist to your system, trying to sniff out vulnerabilities in your code or organization. Basically, like Sneakers , or the annoying plotline in The Newsroom season two . (Someone should have really red team’d Sorkin himself on that one.) There’s a few other concepts of a red team I think that every development… ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bKmK6r5o09Mo) _2025-02-02 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [From Cold DM to Owning a Soccer Club](http://zachholman.com/posts/oakland) _2025-01-30 · Zach Holman_ \ From Cold DM to Owning a Soccer Club From Cold DM to Owning a Soccer Club I'm one of the investors in Oakland Roots , a club in the USL Championship, the second tier of soccer in the US. So: what is sports ownership like, anyway? How similar is it to my startup experiences? Can I write a way-too-long of a post about it all? Yes. Yes I can. Zach Holman January 30, 2025 Look: I don't…