Slow Ventures holds a ‘finishing school’ to help founders learn to be fancy
In Brief Posted: 1:58 PM PST · November 9, 2025 Image Credits:Zan Lazarevic/Unsplash (opens in a new window) Anthony Ha Slow Ventures holds a ‘finishing school’ to help founders learn to be fancy Slow Ventures hosted a three-hour “Etiquette Finishing School” this week, covering topics like the perfect handshake, public speaking, and office decorum. There was even a fashion show with models showing off different looks for different occasions, and then a closing lesson about caviar and wine. The San Francisco Standard reports that a few hundred founders applied for the free program, held at the Four Seasons in SF’s financial district, with 50 founders accepted. Most of the attendees were male. Apparently the idea started as a joke, with Slow Ventures…
