Dealflow into Second Brains
How to pipe what matters into a second brain that actually compounds. Marcus wires dealflow intake into Notion; Toby funnels his entire personal operation — voice memos, files, messages, meetings — through OpenClaw into Obsidian; and Michael closes with a from-scratch markdown-notebook primer.
With
Speed-demo presenters
Hosted byMichael Staton
This month's Agentic VC Dojo is themed Dealflow into Second Brains — getting the messy front of the funnel (intake forms, inbound, sourcing notes, founder calls) into a system that compounds instead of rotting in an inbox.
Marcus and Toby return to give the demos they had queued up for earlier sessions but didn't get to present, then Michael closes with a ground-floor primer:
Marcus Brotman (Launch) — Intake forms + OpenClaw → Notion for better deal-pipeline insight.
Toby Rush (Ideem) — Everything funnels into one second brain. A personal-automation stack where voice memos, links, files, and even WhatsApp/iMessage threads are captured automatically, synthesized by OpenClaw agents, and filed into Obsidian + a shared Drive — meeting notes via an open-source Granola, Telegram as the agent's command line, all self-hosted and secured (his own OpenClaw, plus one for each of his kids).
Michael Staton (FullStack VC) — Obsidian & Markdown Notebooks for Dummies. What a markdown second brain is and how to start one from zero.
A clean arc: Marcus points the second-brain discipline straight at dealflow; Toby shows how far the same idea goes when you aim it at your whole operation; Michael shows how to stand one up from scratch. Toby's bringing more than fits in one slot — so tell him which threads you most want to see (the iOS capture shortcuts, the nightly WhatsApp/iMessage sweeps, the self-hosting + security setup, or the Tailscale / TMux plumbing) and he'll go deep on those.
When
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 · 9:00 AM Pacific Time
Format
Dojo convening + framing
Two lightning demos (Marcus, Toby)
Markdown second-brain primer (Michael)
Live polls
Town hall — bring a dealflow-capture workflow you're wrestling with
Q&A and next steps
Who this is for
VCs from analyst to partner. No prior AI experience required — whether your dealflow lives in a spreadsheet, a CRM, or your head, come see how others are wiring it into a second brain.