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Investing in Startups — 60 episodes

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Data, AI, and Why Venture Firms Need to Act Like Startups with Gopi Sundaramurthy

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Power Laws, Venture Math, and Changing Your Mind with Abe Othman

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From SaaS to Systems of Work: The Vertical AI Opportunity with Nick Tippmann

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The Rapid Rise of AI with Niki Scevak [Encore Episode]

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Hot Seed Deals, Quitting, and Liquidity with Peter Walker of Carta

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B2B in the Age of AI and Services as Software with Ariel Winton-Jones

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Future Titans, Authenticity, and Systems Thinking with Daniel Dart

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Momentum, Moats, and the New Rules of Pre-Seed with Gaurav Jain

9

AI, Hot Deals, & Ownership: Joe Magyer Reflects on 50 Episodes

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Live Episode! A Future Titans Collab and Solo GP Life with Zal Bilimoria

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Episode 50! Venture Strategy, Real Work, & The Myth of Overnight Success with Seth Levine

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E49: AI Agents, Unlocking Human Potential, and Not Giving Up with Hyperspell

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E48: Backing Emerging Managers Before They're Brand Names with Courtney McCrea

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E47: Gritty Founders, Weird Markets, and Vertical AI with Dan Teran

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E46: Breaking Rules and Letting Winners Run with David Gardner of The Motley Fool

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E45: Access, Picking VCs, and Tough Love with Superclusters' David Zhou

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E44: Roundtable! Network Effects, Hustle, Raising Money, and More with Colin Gardiner and Sonia Nagar

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E43: Trust, Paying Up, & Homebrew Forever with Hunter Walk

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E42: From Public Markets to VC, AI, & Winning — Joe Magyer

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E41: Pre/Seed, Control Points, and Frenemies with Jackie DiMonte of Grid Capital

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E40: The Art & Science of Portfolio Construction Plus Valuation Realism with Morgan Flager

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E39: Networks, Flywheels, and Why Fintech is Thriving with Rex Salisbury

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E38: Lessons from Investing in 400 Startups with Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures

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E37: Bigger Isn't Better and Give First with Techstars' David Cohen

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E36: Network Effects, AI Agents, & the Myth of "Product Is Enough" with NFX's Gigi Levy-Weiss

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E35: The Pitch, Democratizing Startup Funding, and Non-Consensus Investing with Josh Muccio

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E34: Conviction, Cheating, AI, and (Not) Predicting with Shawn Merani

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E33: Y Combinator, Open Source, and Lifting Founders Up with Jason Freedman

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E32: Money Unplugged with Joe Magyer

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E31: Unlocking the Secrets of Startup Secondaries with Jamie Melzer

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E30: AI, Anti-Patterns, and the Dangers of Elephant Hunting with Itamar Novick

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E29: Insights From the World's Most Active Seed Investor with Antler's Tyler Norwood

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E28: Han Shen on Unsexy Startups, Consumer Trends, and Investing Slightly Early

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E27: Should Investors Befriend Founders and Solo GP Life with Ethan Austin

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E26: The Art of Picking, Geopolitics, and Why Ideas Still Matter with Mark Peter Davis

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E25: Tough Questions, Hustle, and Investing in Hilariously Early Startups with Elizabeth Yin

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E24: Venture Alpha, Seed Investing, and Climate Volatility with Rick Zullo

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E23: Betting Big on B2B Marketplaces with Sonia Nagar

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E22: Small Funds, Big Impact: Graham Pingree on Early-Stage Trends, Portfolio Design, and the Pre-Seed Advantage

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E21: Venture Everywhere, Pre-Seed, and Why Venture Doesn't Scale with Jenny Fielding

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E20: 17 Contrarian Takes About Startups and Venture Capital

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E19: Essential Industries, Angels, AI, and Proprietary Deal Flow with Amber Illig

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E18: Sizzle, Substance, and Scaling with Winter Mead of Coolwater Capital

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E17: Spotting Winners, Platform Risk, and Why Weird is Good with Zach Coelius

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E16: Syndicates, Angel Investing, and Founder-First Investing with Alex Pattis

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E15: The Future of Marketplaces and Network Effects with Colin Gardiner

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E14: What's Hot in Venture with Peter Walker

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E13: Crypto, the Fed, and Venture Competition with Eric Golden

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E12: Startup Accelerators, SaaS, and Helping Founders Run Faster with Mike Cardamone

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E11: The Rapid Rise of AI, Global Startups, and How to Treat Founders with Niki Scevak

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E10: Investing Early and Making Your Own Luck with Mac Conwell

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E9: Founder vs. Investor, AI, and Venture Portfolio Construction with Jerry Neumann

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E8: A Primer on Angel Investing with Rick Timmins

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E7: Fintech and Israeli Venture with Adi Levanon

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E6: SaaS and Seed Investing with Rajiv Bala

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E5: Nick Moran on Investing in Outsider Founders

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E4: Avlok Kohli on the State of Play in Venture

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E3: Morgan Housel on What Never Changes in Investing

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E2: Chris Douvos on Backing Emerging Managers

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E1: Martin Tobias on Pre-Seed Investing