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How the Middle Fell Out of Venture Capital

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First published

12/02/2025

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news commentary business politics

Duration

54 minutes

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Firewall with Bradley Tusk

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<p>In venture these days, it pays to be small and scrappy or huge and swimming in fees. Anywhere in between is a hard slog. Bradley walks through the changing VC landscape, using his own fund history as Exhibit A, and going into detail on his return to an “equity for services” model. Plus, why AOC should run for President rather than the US Senate, how AI could be utilized to revolutionize classrooms, and a fresh theory on&nbsp;why we can't resist TV villains.</p><p>This episode was taped at <a href="https://www.ptknitwear.com/podcasts/about-the-podcast-studio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">P&amp;T Knitwear</a> at 180 Orchard Street — New York City’s only free podcast recording studio.</p><p>Send us an email with your thoughts on today’s episode: <a href="http://[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>.</p><p>Be sure to watch Bradley’s new TED Talk on Mobile Voting at <a href="https://go.ted.com/bradleytusk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://go.ted.com/bradleytusk</a>.</p><p>Subscribe to Bradley's <a href="https://bradleytusk.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=598eec9b2f3796f83c63c4888&amp;id=f71bd48c53" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">weekly newsletter</a> and follow Bradley on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/btusk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linkedin</a> + <a href="https://bradleytusk.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Substack</a> + <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@firewallpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</p>

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