Ruben Dominguez
Ruben Dominguez is an angel investor, a16z scout, and the writer behind The VC Corner, a Substack newsletter with over 130,000 subscribers covering venture capital, startup fundraising, and growth strategies. He is known for providing founders with investor databases, financial models, and AI-driven go-to-market toolkits, including a free AI Creator Kit and GTM resources built into Notion workspaces. He also publishes a LinkedIn newsletter of the same name focused on actionable insights for startups and entrepreneurship.
- The AI Layoff Trap⚠️, Agentic GTM🔍, The Next Era of VC Secondaries💰
- The 10 Claude Skills Every Founder & Builder Should Steal
- How to Give Top-Tier Demos Like a Pro
- Your Investor List Is 90% Dead Weight
- Why Most VCs Misunderstand Their Own Fund Economics
- The Free AI Kit That Turns Any Founder Into a Content Machine
“2,000 active US VC firms. Pre-seed to seed. Every sector. All in one database.”
Source→“Ruben Dominguez: Author of The VC Corner newsletter; investor and operator. Creator of the newsletter; has published resources including VC databases, pitch decks, financial models, and AI toolkits for founders.”
Source→“Ruben Dominguez - Author, The VC Corner newsletter - Wrote and curated all 10 skills; frames the entire founder AI workflow philosophy”
Source→“Author of this piece; previously wrote a related article on startup storytelling referenced within”
Source→“The article's central argument is that *when* money moves matters as much as *how much* moves. The preferred return hurdle compounds with time, meaning delayed exits can silently erode GP economics even when gross performance looks strong.”
Source→“That's why I built a free AI Creator Kit that gives you that infrastructure in one Notion workspace.”
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