Through The Valley

Mark Phillips
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Every founder has a season they leave out of the story. The stretch where the company almost went under. The years of doubt, failure, and quiet identity crisis that never make it into the profile piece. Through the Valley is a long-form interview show about those chapters. Host Mark Phillips, founder of 11 Tribes Ventures, sits down with founders and leaders to talk honestly about what it cost to get here, and who they became on the way through. New episodes every Wednesday.

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  1. hace 13 h

    Why Brutal Honesty Is the Kindest Thing an Investor Can Do, with VC Coach Charlie O’Donnell

    For 20 years, Charlie O'Donnell was the most findable investor in New York. Email on the front page of his site, pitch me anything, come to the dinner. Then in May 2023 he wrote a sentence announcing his last venture deal and stopped. The market didn't push him out. Most people in venture keep raising because it's a good job and there's always a next fund. Charlie ran Brooklyn Bridge Ventures as a solo first-check investor across more than 100 companies, and when he looked at the two available ways to keep doing it into his 40s (hire a younger version of himself, or stop looking at anything pre-revenue) he decided he'd rather not do the job at all than do it that way. Mark Phillips sits with Charlie on what it costs to hold a career loosely: the ice cream shop that went to zero and the conversation he never had with those founders, the marathon he ran badly and blamed on the wind, the 80 days in the NICU where three term sheets got signed, and the firefighter father who played tennis in the morning and did tax returns in the afternoon and was content. In this episode: • Why Charlie stopped raising funds while the option to continue was still open • The tradeoff he now tells every founder about before they take a check • How to hold "good investor" as a job rather than an identity • What 16 collapsed triathletes reveal about experienced high performers • The rounded-up revenue number that quietly ends a fundraise • What his father's illness taught him about asking what a person actually needs • The one thing he realized far too late about being a partner at home Subscribe to Through the Valley on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Charlie's book, Founder Unfriendly: What Investors Won't Tell You About Getting Funded, is available wherever you buy books, and his newsletter has been running at thisisgoingtobebig.com since 2004.

  2. 18 ago

    From Losing Everything at 30 to Building the Firm That Coaches Fortune 100 Executives: Jason Jaggard

    Jason Jaggard is the founder of Novus Global, one of the biggest executive coaching firms in the world whose coaches work with Global Executives, professional athletes, and Grammy-winning artists. But at 30, his life collapsed. In a single year, he quit a great job, lost 90% of his revenue, and watched his most important relationship fall apart. We talk about what broke, why it broke, and how that year became the foundation for the firm he leads today. In this first episode of Through the Valley, Jason talks with Mark Phillips about the night he collapsed on his apartment floor, the "cold war" he entered with God, and how the tools he found in his darkest season became the foundation of a coaching firm that now serves some of the most influential leaders on Earth. They cover why blame keeps you stuck, why self-pity is a drug, the difference between psychological safety and psychological strength, and why community is the closest thing to a bulletproof vest a founder can wear. Through the Valley is hosted by Mark Phillips, founder of 11 Tribes Ventures, and explores the seasons of loss, failure, and doubt behind remarkable careers. CHAPTERS0:00 - Cold open: "I was hurting myself, and I was using them to do it"2:11 - The question Jason's whole life has circled: what am I capable of?3:46 - Quitting the job, losing 90% of revenue, the relationship imploding5:11 - The collapse: "I wept and wailed"6:46 - The small voice that says it's going to be okay8:17 - Prayer as defibrillator9:37 - A cold war with God11:18 - Control, and why control and love can't coexist12:54 - The 12-step program that changed everything15:26 - The valley makes you who you are16:53 - Blame, and discovering radical responsibility19:06 - "Who needs heroin when you can feel sorry for yourself?"20:00 - Shampoo-commercial coaching and the barbed wire blanket20:34 - The leaders who don't realize they're in the valley21:31 - "This isn't fun anymore"22:03 - Every new level of the video game demands more23:44 - How much margin should a leader have?26:47 - Passion means suffering. Choose yours27:34 - Be the buffalo: run into the storm29:42 - Psychological safety vs. psychological strength31:43 - A letter from Mateo32:45 - Loneliness is the most dangerous warning light33:45 - The bat signal: 18 cars in two minutes36:15 - Mark on losing his mother37:02 - How to actually build community38:42 - What Jason would say to his younger self on his worst night40:38 - Closing prayer

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Every founder has a season they leave out of the story. The stretch where the company almost went under. The years of doubt, failure, and quiet identity crisis that never make it into the profile piece. Through the Valley is a long-form interview show about those chapters. Host Mark Phillips, founder of 11 Tribes Ventures, sits down with founders and leaders to talk honestly about what it cost to get here, and who they became on the way through. New episodes every Wednesday.

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  • Creador
    Mark Phillips
  • Años de actividad
    2026
  • Episodios
    2
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