Joe Medved of Lerer Hippeau joins Nick to discuss The ‘Softbank Effect’, Financial Discipline and the Interworkings of a Top Seed Investment Firm. In this episode, we cover: The focus at Lerer Hippeau The adoption and integration of the Binary Capital Portfolio Why they dropped ventures from the name Joe’s…
Mark Peter Davis of Interplay Ventures joins Nick to cover The Hunt for Investors, Part 2. We will discuss the remaining questions including: When an entrepreneur gets a first meeting w/ an investor, what should they do, and conversely, what should they avoid doing in that meeting? After initial meetings, let’s…
Below is the ‘Tip of the Week’ transcript from the Podcast Ep52: The Hunt for Investors, Part 2 (Mark Peter Davis) In today’s interview, Mark shared a number of wise tips for for founders. I’m going to take this week’s tip to list out a number of his great suggestions for…
Mark Peter Davis of Interplay Ventures joins Nick to cover The Hunt for Investors, Part 1. We will address questions including: Can you walk us through your background and how you became involved in startup investing? Can you talk a little about the startup foundry concept and how Interplay differs from…
David S. Rose is back on the program. He is Managing Partner of Rose Tech Ventures, Founder & Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels, Associate Founder of Singularity University and, of course, Founder & CEO of Gust. David joins us to cover recent news that the SEC has finally adopted rules on title 3…
Below is the ‘Tip of the Week’ transcript from the Podcast Ep46: The 3-year Wait is Over | SEC Vote on JOBS Act Title III (David S. Rose) I wanted to take this weeks tip to talk about the implications of this ruling and how it may fit in with…
Leo Polovets of Susa Ventures joins Nick to cover The Value of Data, Part Two. We will address questions including: Transitioning to business models and the way data can be wielded to generate value. Can you provide an example of a business that relies on data within their business model to…
Leo Polovets of Susa Ventures joins Nick to cover The Value of Data, Part One. We will address questions including: As a startup investor, why did you decide to write your series of articles on the “Value of Data?” You released this series in three parts. At a very high-level,…
Peter Wilkins of Hyde Park Angels joins Nick to cover Founder-Investor Fit. We will address questions including: Did you consider raising a venture fund as opposed to leading an angel group? What should entrepreneurs think about when targeting investors? How do you parse which businesses need Venture Capital vs. Angel…
Below is the ‘Tip of the Week’ transcript from the Podcast Ep48: Entrepreneur-Investor Fit (Peter Wilkins) Today we touched on how angel groups and VCs often need to be partners in the funding process. Not just as syndication partners within one round, but also for subsequent rounds of funding. Recently,…