Ep 020 - Brian Smiga, Founding Partner at Alpha Partners

“This is the last time you’re going to see me graduate” Molly Cantillon stated these words to her parents at her HIGH SCHOOL graduation. They weren’t amused…Years later, she dropped out of Stanford, m...

24 Loka 202547min

Where do VCs get money from?Welcome to LP land. The mysterious world where people who fund VCs live. Nate Leung, Partner at Sapphire Partners and Co-Founder of OpenLP, gives us a peek into the backbon...

2 Syys 202546min

VC is a young person’s game.More time. More energy. Stronger pulse on what’s next. It’s one of the few industries where being young is actually your edge.But here’s what most young VCs get wrong: They...

27 Elo 202543min

My first in-person podcast. Ever. I kept thinking about it. A LinkedIn lurker who’d never posted. A kid with a computer and too many questions about venture.Now I’m sitting across from Bryan Kim at a1...

19 Elo 202547min

“If you have to ask someone to be your mentor, they are not your mentor.”Meet Grace, a partner at Amplify Partners and the person that dropped that massive truth bomb. In our conversation, Grace didn’...

4 Elo 202537min

When everyone said it was too early to invest, Manu Kumar, founder of K9 Ventures and HiHello, said it was too late. Meet the man who coined the phrase “Pre-seed.”In 2008, Manu Kumar saw something oth...

17 Heinä 202548min

🎯 Why Specializing as a VC Is a Game Changer 🎯Natan Reddy, Principal at Ironspring Ventures, unpacks the hidden edge of being a specialist investor in industrial tech. In episode 044 of New to Ventu...

28 Touko 202542min

🔥The Blood, Sweat & Capital Behind a VC Firm 🔥Jonathan Lehr, co-founder and General Partner at Work-Bench, brings a rare mix of enterprise GTM expertise, community-first values, and long term consis...

21 Touko 202549min