EPISODE · Jan 17, 2021 · 1H 9M
#77 - Rob Vickery Interview (Venture Capital, Start Ups, Entrepreneurs, Tall Poppy Syndrome, California etc.)
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Rob Vickery is a venture capital investor who has been primarily based out of Silicon Valley for the last 10 years. He moved to NZ in 2020 to help start up businesses in NZ to thrive. He is on a mission as managing partner at Hillfarrance to help create a billion dollar NZ business. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://hillfarrance.com Twitter - @VickeryRob LinkedIn - Rob Vickery #Investing #Entrepreneurs #Startups #VentureCapital 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - What Is A Venture Capitalist 02:55 - Having A Good Bullshitter Meter 05:05 - Rob’s Reason For Moving To NZ From California 07:57 - Cultivating NZ Entrepreneurs/NZ Capitalising On How It Handled Covid 09:53 - Trying To Educate Government On Venture Capitalists 11:37 - Rise Of E-Sports/Why Rob Doesn’t Invest In E-Sports 13:58 - Difference Between Entrepreneurs Of NZ Vs California/What NZ Entrepreneurs Don’t Do 17:57 - Rob Loves His Job/Honour Of Working With Entrepreneurs 20:05 - Venture Capitalists Are Entrepreneurs As Well 20:29 - Working With Maori & Pasifika Entrepreneurs/Maori & Pasifika Are Amazing Salesman 23:18 - Hillfarrance Will Be Opening In Hamilton 24:21 - Roadshow With Entrepreneurial Community Over The Next Few Months 25:35 - Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make 30:07 - Thinking Global Instead Of Local 32:17 - Things About NZ Rob Was Surprised By 33:44 - Rob Was Surprised By NZ’s Poverty & Housing Problem 35:01 - Tall Poppy Syndrome Is A Huge Risk To Entrepreneurs In NZ 38:38 - Tall Poppy Syndrome Exists In Britain 39:40 - Combatting Tall Poppy Syndrome/Entrepreneurship Schools 43:44 - Covid Has Divided People 44:20 - Why America Is Divided 46:28 - How Trump, BLM & Covid Affected The Entrepreneurs In California & Silicon Valley/Why Rob Left America 54:50 - Arranging To Come To NZ Took Quite A Long Time/Rob Is Thankful To NZ 59:24 - Rob Doesn’t Like American Billionaires Taking Refuge In NZ Without Investing In The Country 1:03:25 - Gabe Newells/James Cameron Investment Into NZ 1:04:48 - Wealthy People/How Much Wealth Do You Realistically Need 1:06:30 - Northland Needs More Investment/Investing Into People 1:07:34 - Where To Follow Rob Vickery/Hillfarrence
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