Brittany Davis and Christie Pitts, general partners at Backstage Capital, join the show with Scott Kitun. Brittany and Christie talk about the present day investing landscape and why the future of VC will trend towards inclusiveness (or lose). The group shares their thoughts and experiences with the top VC firms, why so many are resistant…
Hadley Harris, cofounder of Eniac Ventures, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Hadley humors Scott on one of his favorite topics – dealing with venture capitalists. Scott and Hadley dig into the rise of VC competition and why VCs can’t afford to be as dismissive or authoritative in the new environment with a growing list…
Paige Finn Doherty joins the show with Scott Kitun. Paige is a founding partner of Behind Genius Ventures and author of a children’s book – for adults! – about investing called Seed to Harvest. Paige talks about her journey into venture and her realization that you don’t need to come from generational wealth to invest…
David Cheng, Principal at DCM Ventures, joins the pod with Scott Kitun. The role of VC isn’t the same as your father’s, or even your grandfather’s VC anymore. No longer is venture capital only about getting a check once and being hands off otherwise. As we’ve started to see with a16z and rolling funds, DCM’s…
Andrew Gluck, GP at irrvrntVC, joins the show with Scott Kitun. Andrew runs through his career from working with name brands, cofounding his own agency to getting into venture capital and how he fell in love with startups. Scott and Andrew trade stories and ideas about working with founders and other VCs, the pros/cons of…
Jimmy Odom, co-founder of Bit Capital Group, longtime friend of the program, entrepreneur, crypto-expert and business leader joins the show to catch up with Scott on everything from business to babies (and having the right mindset for adoption). They dive into tendencies of VC to play kingmaker on founders in the trenches, working inside and…
VC firms are known for catapulting some of the most iconic tech companies into unicorn status and their founders into household names. However, they’re not known for looking at founders outside the tech bubbles or their own ecosystem, leading to a lot of missed opportunities. That’s where Mac Conwell wanted to step in. As a…
Startup fundraising can be brutal. Foundersuite’s software provides founders with tools to help find and pitch investors, track the outreach and develop pitch decks, cap tables and term sheets based on a range of helpful templates. While venture-backed startups are frequently criticized for homogenous leadership teams, Foundersuite CEO Nathan Beckord says that is changing:…
When you’ve already worked at Google for over a decade, co-founded a successful startup, used your talents to help a non-profit, and earned degrees from Stanford University and Harvard Business School — what’s next? For Minnie Ingersoll, the answer was venture capital and a move away from Silicon Valley. After graduating from Stanford with a…