Welcome to BlueBook.
For Founders
Get customers & hire better
Find people whose network reaches the companies that matter most to your business. You can also find advisors when needed and reach students ready to work at the next world-changing startup.
For DCP student associates
Get a job & find mentors
Meet founders DCP has backed who are looking to hire. Connect with members working at or leading companies you’d like to work for.
DCP members use it to meet each other and to help the companies they back.
Founders DCP has helped
“Placeholder: one or two sentences on the customer, hire or investor BlueBook put them in front of, and what came of it.”
“Placeholder: a second founder, ideally a different kind of help, such as an advisor or a fundraise.”
Student associates who landed jobs
“This team’s mentorship has been one of the most impactful experiences during my training at Duke. They have taught me how to dissect companies, think strategically, support relationships, and form strong connections with founders.”
“I was fortunate to have some really incredible people ahead of me who shared my interests in the EC/VC space and went out of their way to open up this opportunity for me … they provided invaluable mentorship after I came on board.”
BlueBook provides exclusive access to the Duke Capital Partners network: the founders DCP has backed, DCP members and Duke alumni, investors DCP has worked with, Duke student associates and select Duke faculty.
Members of DCP BlueBook find the people who can solve their problem. Founders can find customers, students to hire, and intros to funds DCP works closely with when it is time to raise their next round. Students can find places to work and lifelong mentors. Everyone can find who’s nearby when they travel to a new city.
DCP makes the introduction. All names and contact details are private, so no one is contacted without consent: people appear by what they do and how they want to help.
200+
DCP members: alumni investors and operators
80+
portfolio companies backed since 2015
30+
metro areas where members live
1,200+
companies DCP’s network reaches
Where members are
- NYC 43
- Research Triangle 32
- Bay Area 20
- Florida 13
- Boston Area 9
- DC Metro 7
- Charlotte 6
- Dallas–Fort Worth 6
Every introduction is a warm one
- 1
Ask
Say who you want to meet and what the conversation would unblock. Not sure who? Ask DCP to find them.
- 2
DCP checks
DCP asks the other person privately. If they pass, nobody is told why.
- 3
Meet
DCP introduces you both in one email, to someone who has already said yes.
No cold messages and no contact details on the site, which is why people say yes. The rules
Part of the DCP community?
With over 200 members and 80 portfolio companies, BlueBook is where DCP’s founders, investors, students and faculty find each other. Founders DCP has backed, DCP members, investors, Duke students and Duke faculty can request access.