58 episodes

The Puck: Venture Capital & Beyond showcases the innovative forethought that defines the venture capital world. Join us as we follow the puck and explore what this community has to offer.
Listen as we have in-depth conversations, gaining insights and lessons from well-established VCs, entrepreneurs, and other leading technology experts. We will learn about their successes, challenges, and how they got to where they are today. Along the way we will discover what investors most look for in who they invest in and what to avoid when making your pitch.

We will also follow industry leaders to understand the cutting-edge technologies and trends that continue to shape our world.

The Puck: Venture Capital and Beyond Jim Baer

    • Business
    • 5.0 • 29 Ratings

The Puck: Venture Capital & Beyond showcases the innovative forethought that defines the venture capital world. Join us as we follow the puck and explore what this community has to offer.
Listen as we have in-depth conversations, gaining insights and lessons from well-established VCs, entrepreneurs, and other leading technology experts. We will learn about their successes, challenges, and how they got to where they are today. Along the way we will discover what investors most look for in who they invest in and what to avoid when making your pitch.

We will also follow industry leaders to understand the cutting-edge technologies and trends that continue to shape our world.

    Episode 58: Professor Brad DeLong of the University of California, Berkeley

    Episode 58: Professor Brad DeLong of the University of California, Berkeley

    On this week’s episode, we have Professor Brad De Long of the University of California, Berkeley. Professor DeLong is an economic historian, as well as a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of the Treasury during the Clinton Administration. In light of the recent financial upheaval, we at The Puck felt that a certain amount of historical perspective could benefit our listeners.
    A fascinating trip through financial history that you don’t want to miss.

    • 50 min
    Episode 57: Joe Dormani of TR Ventures

    Episode 57: Joe Dormani of TR Ventures

    On this week’s episode, we sit down with Joe Dormani, founding principal investor at TR Ventures, the investment arm of Thomson Reuters. In light of the recent advances in AI and the collapses of SVB and Signature, we thought it would be very prescient to revisit this conversation. A really interesting discussion considering the current financial landscape.

    • 33 min
    Episode 56 – Rana Foroohar - Author, Journalist, Financial Analyst

    Episode 56 – Rana Foroohar - Author, Journalist, Financial Analyst

    On this week’s episode, Jim sits down with Rana Foroohar, author, business columnist, associate editor at the Financial Times, and global economic analyst with CNN to discuss her most recent book, Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World. Their conversation covers the current financial situation, crypto, the era of globalization and a growing movement toward economic localization.
    A fascinating conversation you don’t want to miss!

    • 47 min
    Episode 55: Vanessa Bennett - Host of Cheaper Than Therapy & It's Not Me, It's You

    Episode 55: Vanessa Bennett - Host of Cheaper Than Therapy & It's Not Me, It's You

    On this week’s episode, Jim sits down with Vanessa Bennett – author, holistic psychotherapist, facilitator, and podcast host – as the two discuss mental health in the digital age. Bennett and her partner John Kim recently published the book It’s Not Me, It’s You, about breaking the blame cycle and strengthening relationships, and have also released an accompanying podcast series.
    Vanessa and Jim then talk about how Vanessa built her business from the ground up, the positive sides of media, spirituality, and where she thinks the puck is going.

    • 54 min
    Bonus Episode 54 – Jim Baer

    Bonus Episode 54 – Jim Baer

    On this week’s special episode, Puck host Jim Baer is now the guest. Interviewed by former producer, Caitlin Lalezari, Jim answers any and all questions you may have about the current state of the economy – we cover inflation, Quantitative Easing, and the potential of a coming recession. A fascinating conversation about what Jim is seeing as a boots-on-the-ground financial professional.

    • 37 min
    Episode 53: Mike Green of Simplify Asset Management

    Episode 53: Mike Green of Simplify Asset Management

    On this week’s episode, Jim sits down with Mike Green, financial strategist and portfolio manager at Simplify Asset Management and lifelong student of the market and market structure. In addition to his traditional finance background, Mike is a public speaker and financial media voice who looks at societal factors and their potential to impact our collective economic futures. They touch on the current state of the US economy, population growth (or lack thereof), and intergenerational attitudes towards politics. A fascinating conversation that you don’t want to miss.

    • 53 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
29 Ratings

29 Ratings

Minnie_Ing ,

Useful venture convos--esp if you're in LA

Jim makes it look easy to do great interviews. Thanks for doing these!

rallyalii ,

Love this podcast!

This podcast does such an excellent job of getting to the bottom of VC trends and strategy. It is thought-provoking and informative. Highly recommend!

Beverly_vc ,

Nice pod, a great listen for entrepreneurs.

Interesting content and well produced.

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