Deal flow matters. In 2015, Andreesen told the New Yorker: “Deal flow is everything. If you’re in a second-tier firm, you never get a chance at that great company.” A leading investment banker who has taken numerous software companies public told me, “I put ninety percent of my effort into seeking out deals from the top eight venture firms, ten percent into the next twelve, and zero percent into all the rest.” So how do you break the cycle if you are an unknown, underrepresented investor? How do you start your own funds and build your own generational wealth? By joining The Cap Table Coalition.