Early Release: The State of Adventure Capital
The state of all things Hard Tech, Deep Tech, and American DynamismAfter 9+ months of work, Grant has finished his inaugural State of Adventure Capital deck. And ahead of Grant’s presentation at the u...
26 Sep 202536min
Dan Gray – What's Wrong with Venture?
A deeper discussion on the shortcomings (and benefits) of ventureToday we’re interviewing Dan Gray, head of insights at Equidam. We’ve been following Dan’s work throughout the past year and decided to...
19 Sep 20251h 20min
It's Good to Be Back
“It’s good to be back!” — Tony StarkWe are finally back after a long summer hiatus. Grant and Hammad discuss some exciting personal news, as well as what’s in the pipeline for the next few episodes of...
11 Sep 202514min
Capital as a Moat
Today we’re talking about a topic we get asked about at least once every week: capital as a moat. Should you raise a billion dollars? Should you bootstrap?Grant opens the debate by discussing the meri...
28 Jun 202551min
Craving Commodities
We are back after a short summer break! Our first order of business, commodity companies. But not the ones you’re thinking of, we’re talking about businesses that make and sell commodities.Most invest...
20 Jun 202545min
IO Awaits
Fundraising milestones, OpenAI's latest acquisition, and the merits of planning aheadOne of the hardest dynamics of today’s venture landscape is figuring out milestones to benchmark yourself against. ...
31 Mai 202547min
Finding Maze Historians
In today’s episode Grant and Hammad unpack the “Idea Maze” — a framework for understanding whether founders truly grasp the terrain they’re building in. The Idea Maze comes from Balaji Srinivasan’s le...
17 Mai 202531min
Replay: The Hardware Playbook
Given we’ve had a bunch of new subscribers recently, we decided to re-release one of our first episodes we ever recorded, and the first one we launched with!You know the saying: Hardware is hard! In t...
10 Mai 202540min
