Steve Sloane | Menlo Ventures - On the bifurcation of venture, making your great ideas count, and why passion follows mastery

Meet Steve Sloane, Partner at Menlo Ventures.

In this episode, we talk about all things venture. From his early days in the ecosystem as a YC-backed founder, to joining Menlo Ventures as an associate and working his way up to partner, and now leading their secondary strategy, Steve has seen every side of this business.

We get into why the middle of the venture market is such a brutal place to invest right now, how Menlo uses secondaries to get into the best assets when the front door is closed, what velocity and proof points actually mean when Steve is sizing up a founder, his contrarian take on one of the hottest sectors in venture, and why passion follows mastery, and not the other way around.