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👋 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

👋 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

👋 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

👋 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

👋 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

👋 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