{"id":"evt_82a0ac1b358a","title":"No Filter: What VCs Are Really Thinking, feat. Leslie Feinzaig and Charlie O'Donnell","date":"2026-05-13","timezone":"America/New_York","start_time":"13:00","time_of_day":"midday","venue":null,"location":{"basis":"unresolved","likely_area":null,"likely_area_granularity":null,"evidence":null},"description":"Charlie O'Donnell — founder of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, VC coach, NYU lecturer, and author of Founder Unfriendly — has spent two decades on both sides of the table and knows exactly why VCs act the way they do. Join Charlie and Leslie Feinzaig for a candid fireside that pulls back the curtain on how investment decisions actually get made — and what early-stage founders can do about it. Brought to you by Graham & Walker VC.","access":{"free":null,"application_required":null},"audience_roles":["founders","investors"],"audience_orientation":"nontechnical","company_stage":"early_stage","interaction":["content"],"topics":["venture","fundraising"],"modality":"in_person","meal_context":"none","series":null,"mentions":[{"text":"Brooklyn Bridge Ventures","kind":"organization","subtype":"fund","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"NYU","kind":"organization","subtype":"university","role":"affiliation"},{"text":"Founder Unfriendly","kind":"program","subtype":null,"role":"mentioned"},{"text":"Graham & Walker VC","kind":"organization","subtype":"fund","role":"organizer"},{"text":"Charlie O'Donnell","kind":"person","subtype":null,"role":"speaker"},{"text":"Leslie Feinzaig","kind":"person","subtype":null,"role":"speaker"}],"sources":[{"id":"nextnyc","class":"newsletter","publisher":"nextNYC","first_observed_at":"2026-05-11T11:46:58.0000000Z","last_observed_at":"2026-05-11T11:46:58.0000000Z"}],"discovery":{"first_party":[],"newsletter":["nextnyc"],"provider":null},"basis":{"audience_roles":{"founders":"observed","investors":"observed"},"topics":{"venture":"observed","fundraising":"observed"},"audience_orientation":"inferred","company_stage":"observed","interaction":"observed","modality":"default"},"canonical_url":null,"first_seen":"2026-05-11T11:46:58.0000000Z","last_seen":"2026-05-11T11:46:58.0000000Z","observation_count":1}