Analysis

September 1, 2023

I was stuck on a boat for 48 hours with dozens of VCs and founders. Here’s what happened.

Is setting sails and pulling giant ropes together the most extreme form of networking ever?


Eleanor Warnock

6 min read

Here’s a challenge: you’re stuck in a confined space for 48 hours with people who work in tech. But you can’t ask them about their job or who they work for. Could you do it? 

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Eleanor Warnock on the ByVoyages networking trip aboard the Christian Radich ship
The journalist infiltrates the boat
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Eleanor Warnock

Eleanor Warnock is an advisor to VC firm Bek Ventures, and writes a newsletter on tech and writing. She was previously Sifted’s deputy editor. Find her on X and LinkedIn

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