When Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels dial into Zoom on a Friday in October, they’re headed to their fifth conference of the week in Miami. “I’ve been in a different city every week for the last 10 weeks,” Samuels says, “And I’ll be in a different city every week for the next 10.”
For the duo, who themselves first met at a conference six years ago, flying around the world is part of the hustle to get their fledgling VC firm Collide Capital off the ground. It was key, for one, in helping Collide close its debut VC fund, a $66 million vehicle that Hollins and Samuels announced Thursday….