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The GoingVC Podcast GoingVC
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The GoingVC Podcast - uncovering new paths into VC, diving deeper into alternative models, and addressing areas of weakness with Rachel (@rachmast), Austin and JJ (@jjmaclean) from the GoingVC team.
GoingVC is a global community and career development program for venture capital. To learn more or to checkout our guides, content, models and VC research checkout https://www.goingvc.com/blog
Feedback? We'd love to hear it: podcast@goingvc.com
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Episode 20 - Founding A Fund with Heather Hartnett
👋 Hey! Thanks for checking out the GoingVC Podcast - uncovering new paths into VC, diving deeper into alternative models, and addressing areas of weakness with Rachel (@rachmast), and JJ (@jjmaclean) from the GoingVC team.
We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Heather Hartnett (@HeatherHartnett). As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com!
Articles Rachel referenced in her first question:
Building and Investing in the Human Needs Economy - Part 1
The Future of Work is Human - Part 2
Articles Heather quotes re: piece she writes on firm founders / emerging VCs:
Predictions For 2022 According To Emerging Managers In VC
The Opportunity for Family Office To Outperform Over the Next Decade
Heather’s Forbes article referenced at the end:
Joining An Existing Fund Versus Starting Your Own
Episode Chapters:
Introduction - 0:00
Heather’s Career Origin Story - 1:11
Founding Human Ventures - 8:47
Need to Haves’ & Heather’s Thesis - 11:10
Founder-Funder Fit & the Founders of the Future - 17:58
Human’s First Five Years - 22:38
Building A More Diverse Ecosystem - 27:50
Closing Thoughts - 37:58 -
Episode 19 - The Evolving Venture Stack
👋 Hey! Thanks for checking out the GoingVC Podcast - uncovering new paths into VC, diving deeper into alternative models, and addressing areas of weakness with Rachel (@rachmast), and JJ (@jjmaclean) from the GoingVC team.
We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Michaeli Palank (@mpalank101) and Anubhav Srivastava (@anubhav0313). As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com!
Anubhav’s Book Recommendation: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
Mike’s Book Recommendation: The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility by Robert Zubrin
Episode Chapters:
Introduction - 0:00
Mike and Anubhav’s Career Origin Stories - 1:12
Venture Portfolio Construction - 10:53
The Evolving Venture Stack - 33:21
Celebrity Investors - 38:21
From Hollywood to Sand Hill Road - 48:53
2022 and Closing Thoughts - 53:36 -
Episode 18 - VCs as Creators | Becoming TikTok's @VentureCapitalGuy
👋 Hey! Thanks for checking out the GoingVC Podcast - uncovering new paths into VC, diving deeper into alternative models, and addressing areas of weakness with Rachel (@rachmast), and JJ (@jjmaclean) from the GoingVC team.
We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with Jonathan Chang (twitter: @thechangj /TikTok:@venturecapitalguy). As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com!
Jonathan’s Favourite VC/Startup TikToker’s:
@turnernovak
@trilliondollartam
@joinentre
@indexventures
@rexwoodbury
Episode Chapters:
Introduction - 0:00
VCs as Creators and Becoming @VentureCapitalGuy on TikTok - 04:55
Founding Gen-Z Scouts - 10:05
Gen-Z Enterprise Investors? - 18:17
Celebrity Investors - 19:53
Learning’s From His First Year - 24:07
2022 and Beyond - 25:35 -
Episode 17 - Finding That One Thing with David Rosenthal
👋 Hey! Thanks for checking out the GoingVC Podcast - uncovering new paths into VC, diving deeper into alternative models, and addressing areas of weakness with Rachel (@rachmast), Austin and JJ (@jjmaclean) from the GoingVC team.
We're really excited to be bringing to you today our conversation with David Rosenthal (@djrosent). As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com!
Episode Chapters
Introduction - 0:00
David's Origin Story - 01:19
The Unstructured Path - 10:11
Luck - 15:18
Junior vs. Senior POV - 19:26
In It For The Long Haul? - 22:04
Competitive vs. Cooperate - 24:50
The Future - 30:08 -
Episode 16 - Diligence Is A Two Way Street with Dylan Itzikowitz
👋 Hey! Thanks for checking out the GoingVC Podcast - uncovering new paths into VC, diving deeper into alternative models, and addressing areas of weakness with Rachel (@rachmast), Austin and JJ (@jjmaclean) from the GoingVC team.
We're really excited to be bringing to you today the first episode of a three-part conversation with Dylan Itzikowitz (@ditzikow). As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com!
Episode Chapters:
Introduction — 0:00
Dylan’s (Canadian) Origin Story— 1:17
Putting On The Founder Hat — 8:56
Levelling Up (How Does One Even Do It?) — 12:26
Day In The Life At Expa — 18:23
Picking An Accelerator, Diligence Is A Two Way Street — 24:09
Looking To The Future & Closing Thoughts — 29:26 -
Episode 15 - What's Good for the LP is Good for the GP, first of a three-part miniseries with Cai Greeff
👋 Hey! Thanks for checking out the GoingVC Podcast - uncovering new paths into VC, diving deeper into alternative models, and addressing areas of weakness with Rachel (@rachmast), Austin and JJ (@jjmaclean) from the GoingVC team.
We're really excited to be bringing to you today the first episode of a three-part conversation with Cai Greeff (@CaiGreeff). As always, if you've got any questions, feedback, guest ideas, or just want to say hey, don't hesitate to shoot us a message at podcast@goingvc.com!
Editor's Note: Cai is going to be writing a series of blog posts that will go along with each episode to dive more deeply into the topics discussed, be sure to check it out!
Episode Chapters:
Introduction — 0:00
Cai's Origin Story — 2:21
He'd Never Even Heard Of It | Is a CFA Relevant in VC? — 5:36
One Asset Class Of Many — 9:56
Manager Allocations — 18:20
The GP, LP Relationship — 29:12
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Solid format, lots of helpful bits of industry insight. Can't wait for more.