Operator Lens vs. Investor Lens
Week 1
- Why operators make strong first-check investors
- Portfolio math at early stage
- Picking your archetype — angel, scout, or LP
Expert Program
4-Week Mini
Write Your Investment Thesis. Evaluate a Real Deal. In Four Weeks.
A guided, cohort-based sprint that takes your operator experience and turns it into an investor’s edge — a written thesis, a live deal tracker, and one fully evaluated opportunity.
A four-week cohort sprint led by Vish Rao Dumpeti.
Led by
Vish Rao Dumpeti
Founder & CEO, Forward Share Ventures
4 weeksDuration
60–90 minWeekly live session
$349Investment
500 wordsThesis you leave with
The reality check
The playbook feels murky, and most investing content isn’t written for operators.
You’ve thought about angel investing. Maybe you’ve wired one check already. But the playbook feels murky — you don’t have a thesis, you don’t have deal flow, and most investing content is written for people raising funds, not operators writing their first ten checks.
- A written 500-word investment thesis.
- A live deal tracker with real sourced opportunities.
- A clear read on your investor archetype — angel, scout, or LP.
By the end of Week 4, committed — not aspirational.
What you get
Four weeks, one live session per week
Built around your actual operator expertise.
Your Investment Edge
Week 2
- Mapping your domain expertise to investable categories
- Draft your three thesis pillars
Deal Flow Architecture
Week 3
- Where deals actually come from for operators — not marketplaces
- Community, content, warm intros
- Build your deal tracker
Writing the Thesis as a Filter
Week 4
- Turn your three pillars into a real 500-word investment thesis
- Peer review with the cohort
ICP
Who this is for
01
Senior operators (10–15+ years, VP/Director/CXO)
Starting your investment journey, ready to deploy $10K–$100K/year once you have the framework.
02
Domain experts
Your vertical expertise is your diligence edge.
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Not a fit
Pure finance backgrounds without operating experience. Passive-only LP seekers. Practicing angels with 10+ checks already done.
Program details
What your seat includes
4-week Mini
$349Four weeks, one 60–90 min live session per week, plus cohort Slack.
What’s next
Credits forwardCredits toward the full 12-week Operator Investor Playbook ($3,500 founding / $4,500 ongoing) if you continue — the thesis and tracker you build here carry forward, you don’t start over.
Proof, not promises
Learn directly from Vish
Founder & CEO, Forward Share Ventures
Vish spent 20+ years as a technical leader and engineering executive — Head of Engineering at Spotify, WeWork, CLEAR, and Justworks — before founding, investing, and building multiple ventures simultaneously. Now Founder & CEO of Forward Share Ventures, an active angel investor, and co-founder of Vesta Equity and MakeMe. MIT Sloan ACE in Management, Innovation & Technology. He made every mistake you’re trying to avoid, and built the frameworks that helped him stop repeating them.
Write Your Investment Thesis In Four Weeks
$349 · Four weeks · One live session a week. You leave with a thesis, a deal tracker, and your archetype.