54 min
#18 — David Sacks — Movements and the battle for the future Paradox Podcast
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- Society & Culture
David Sacks (@DavidSacks)is the co-founder and general partner at Craft Ventures. For episode #18, I chatted with David about why the best founders create movements not just startups, what he looks for when making investments, the rise of censorship and war on free speech in the United States, the decline of institutional trust and independent thinking in our culture and the rise of political homelessness for folks in the center.
Prior to founding Craft Ventures, David founded enterprise collaboration company Yammer, which was one of the fastest-growing SaaS startups in history and acquired by Microsoft for $1.2B. David first got involved in the technology industry in 1999 when he joined PayPal and became COO and has since become a prolific investor having invested in over 20 unicorns. He co-hosts the All In Podcast, one of my absolutely favorites, and full disclosure is an LP in my fund Paradox Capital.
I’ve enjoyed every episode of Paradox thus far but this was one of my favorite conversations because it felt like we were able to break down the insanity of the last year and David’s cultural commentary and insights have been absolutely incredible to follow. I hope you enjoy this episode with David Sacks.
David Sacks (@DavidSacks)is the co-founder and general partner at Craft Ventures. For episode #18, I chatted with David about why the best founders create movements not just startups, what he looks for when making investments, the rise of censorship and war on free speech in the United States, the decline of institutional trust and independent thinking in our culture and the rise of political homelessness for folks in the center.
Prior to founding Craft Ventures, David founded enterprise collaboration company Yammer, which was one of the fastest-growing SaaS startups in history and acquired by Microsoft for $1.2B. David first got involved in the technology industry in 1999 when he joined PayPal and became COO and has since become a prolific investor having invested in over 20 unicorns. He co-hosts the All In Podcast, one of my absolutely favorites, and full disclosure is an LP in my fund Paradox Capital.
I’ve enjoyed every episode of Paradox thus far but this was one of my favorite conversations because it felt like we were able to break down the insanity of the last year and David’s cultural commentary and insights have been absolutely incredible to follow. I hope you enjoy this episode with David Sacks.
54 min