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Jason Calacanis interviews world-class angels & VCs about their investment strategies while pulling back the curtain on how early-stage startups get funded.
Angel
2y ago
Paige Finn became interested in venture capital during college, but within a year and a half of graduating in 2020 she already has a fund!
In this episode you will learn:
1. How she secured her first allocation before having a fund
2. The steps she took to set up an SPV while being a non-accredited investor
3. How she raised a $1.6m fund
4. Behind Genius' investing thesis and strategy
5. The books that have most influenced her work and writing style
6. Why she wrote a picture book (for adults) called "Seed to Harvest: A Simple Explanation of Venture Capital ..read more
Angel
2y ago
Packy McCormick turned his massive newsletter into a Not Boring Fund I in 2021, and has since invested $10M into startups. In this episode you will learn:
1. How Packy raised his first fund from his readers.
2. What regulations he needed to navigate to comply with the SEC.
3. Which sectors he invested his first $10M into (in just 6 months) and some of his breakout startups.
4. Why IRR can be hilariously large in the early stages of a small fund.
5. How he manages a syndicate and a venture fund while still doing right by LPs.
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Angel
2y ago
David’s been a VC for a while, but he just launched a new $2.8M fund part-time with Nat Manning. We get into why his small fund size is actually so significant and represents new possibilities in venture plus:
- How he uses his podcast and community to get dealflow - What he thinks you need before starting your own VC fund
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Angel
2y ago
Mac the VC joins the show as the first guest for Angel Season 6 to share his story and how he invests.
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Angel
3y ago
Check out Gotham Gal Ventures: https://gothamgal.com/investments
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Show notes:
1:07 Jason intros "The Gotham Gal" Joanne Wilson & they reminisce on the '90s in New York & magazines
5:04 Spotting a bubble, issues with raising above your performance, New York during the pandemic & returning to normal
11:43 Odoo - Get your first app free & $1000 off your first implementation pack at https://odoo.com/twist
13:12 New York's pre-pandemic situation, healthcare detaching from employment
16:11 Rethin ..read more
Angel
3y ago
Check out Panoramic Ventures: https://panoramic.vc
Check out SoftBank's Opportunity Fund: https://theopportunityfund.com
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Listen here:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-startups-audio/id315114957
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ULQ0ewYf5zmsDgBchlkr9
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes315114957/this-week-in-startups-audio
Thanks to our partners:
Odoo - Get your first app free & $1000 off your first implementation pack at https://odoo.com/twist
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Angel
3y ago
Check out Initialized: https://initialized.com
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Show notes: 1:08 Jason intros Garry Tan & they talk about Garry's Posterous regrets & lessons from failure, going from seed-stage to growth-stage founder 8:33 Garry on life as an investor, Paul Graham's original YC content/community funnel 11:04 LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job free at https://www.linkedin.com/angel 12:39 Garry's YouTube experience, investing in Clubhouse & the social audio space & Jason's Clubhouse beef 20:27 Twitter spaces coe ..read more
Angel
3y ago
Check out Automattic: https://automattic.com
FOLLOW Matt: https://twitter.com/photomatt
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Show notes:
1:07 Jason intros Matt Mullenweg & they discuss starting WordPress & getting into angel investing
5:47 Angel investing in the early 2000's as ecosystem building & charity, Automattic's SPAC potential, potential for individual properties to spin out
11:48 OurCrowd - Sign up for a free account at https://www.ourcrowd.com/twist
13:14 How WooCommerce compares to Shopify, open-source flexibility, thoughts on running a public company, difficulty of ..read more
Angel
3y ago
Check out Greylock: https://greylock.com
FOLLOW Reid: https://twitter.com/reidhoffman
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Show notes:
1:07 Jason intros Reid Hoffman & they discuss the Joby Aviation VTOL SPAC, VTOLs vs. self-driving
11:53 Assure - Get 20% off your first SPV at http://assure.co/angel
13:26 Reid on setting up the meeting between Peter Thiel and Mark Zuckerberg, hitting a 20000x+ with Facebook, opportunities for sustained growth in the big tech reaches population limitations
18:02 When business leaders should speak up on certain issues
23:50 Reinstating Trump's accounts ..read more
Angel
3y ago
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Thanks to our partners:
Odoo - Get your first app free & $1000 off your first implementation pack at https://odoo.com/twist
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LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job free at https://www.linkedin.com/angel
Show notes:
1:04 Jason intros Mark Cuban & they discuss the circumstances of their first meeting, Mark's dot-com bubble hedge, resurgence of retail investors
9:30 Mark's prescient bets, origin of Blog Maverick
12:20 Odoo - Get your first a ..read more