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Sriram Krishnan on Building Consumer Social Platforms Feb 09, 2020

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Sriram Krishnan (@sriramk), investor and former product lead at Twitter, Facebook, and Snap, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- His experiences working at the three big social media companies and what he learned there.
- Why each company is a reflection of the founder.
- What people misunderstand or under appreciate about each of them.
- Why he thinks that Facebook missed a golden opportunity when they decided not to build a web browser.
- What he thinks each of Twitter, Facebook, and Snap should do next.
- Some of his mental models for thinking about social media.
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The State of Crypto in 2020 with Spencer Bogart and Brayton Williams Feb 07, 2020

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Spencer Bogart (@CremeDeLaCrypto) of Blockchain Capital and Brayton Williams (@BraytonKey) of Boost VC, join Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- Their analysis of the different eras of crypto and how the thinking of the people involved in the space has evolved.
- Whether the crypto bubble in 2017 can be compared to the internet bubble of 1999.
- Unpacking the Bitcoin-as-programmable money thesis.
- Specific problems that crypto is solving that they have invested in, as well as their requests for startups.
- How crypto can disrupt VC.
- What might have changed in the crypto space when looking back from 5 years in the future.
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All Things Marketplaces with Fabrice Grinda Feb 05, 2020

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Fabrice Grinda (@fabricegrinda), entrepreneur and angel investor, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- What Fabrice believes about marketplaces and the trend towards verticalization that VCs don’t believe.
- How they evaluate investments and the four criteria that they use to determine whether they will invest or not.
- His breakdown of some of the failed marketplace startups.
- What you need to know if you’re building a marketplace business in 2020.
- His analysis of marketplaces for home school, child care, therapy, construction, and more.
- How this intersects with the future of work and the future of food.
- Why certain legacy marketplaces have managed to stick around.
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Investment Thesis: Owning a Life Stage (Weddings, Babies, and Death) with Marco DeMeireles Feb 04, 2020

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Marco DeMeireles (@MarcoDeMeireles), partner at TCG, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- How the firm came to be and how they think about portfolio construction.
- What owning the life stage means and why it makes for better businesses.
- Some of the spaces they’re thinking about, including weddings, fertility, and funerals.
- Marco’s thoughts on e-commerce enablement.
- His other requests for startups.
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The State of Consumer Social in 2020 with Michael Galpert and Greg Isenberg Feb 02, 2020

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Michael Galpert (@msg) and Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg) join Erik on this episode. They Discuss:
- What’s changed about consumer social in the past year
- The rise of vertical social networks
- The success and future of TikTok
- The role of startup acquisitions in making a successful social network
- Will there be a new social network for every generation
- Will future social networks incorporate a physical element
- How will consumer social be different a year from now
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Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.

How To Fix Founder Scarcity with Burak Yenigun Jan 31, 2020

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Burak Yenigun (@BurakYngn), founder of Stylus Capital (www.styluscapital.com) joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- The problem of founder scarcity and why it exists.
- The most effective levers for increasing the number of founders.
- Whether we are in a bubble or not.
- What founders need to know when thinking about interest rates.
- The advantages and disadvantages of risk-sharing arrangements for founders, and how they would work.
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What Silicon Valley Doesn't Get About Private Equity with Brent Beshore Jan 29, 2020

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Brent Beshore (@BrentBeshore), founder and CEO of Adventur.es, joins Erik on this episode.
They discuss:
- What makes Adventur.es “the inverse of traditional private equity,” including why they don’t add debt to a company’s balance sheet when they purchase a company and intend to keep the existing leadership around.
- What Silicon Valley doesn’t get about private equity, how it’s different from venture, and how VC and PE might interact in the future.
- Some of the industries that Brent thinks are overlooked and the breakdown of some of their past investments.
- The book he wrote, The Messy Marketplace, and the lessons it holds for business owners.
- The state of the macro environment and how they think about it at Adventur.es.
- How they evaluate potential investments and business partners, and his strategies for evaluating people in general.
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The On Deck Phase, Social Capital, and Unbundling The University with David Booth Jan 27, 2020

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David Booth (@david__booth), co-founder and CEO of On Deck, joins Erik on this episode.
They talk about:
- Why they started On Deck and the problem they were trying to solve.
- Common misconceptions about successful founding teams and the type of relationship needed between co-founders.
- The importance of community and how to build a positive one.
- Cosign (cosign.co) and the idea of peer-to-peer credentialing.
- Where it’s best to be building a company today.
- How young people today can build their own syllabus and learn outside of a traditional college.
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Sam Lessin and Bobby Goodlatte on the Future of Consumer Social Jan 25, 2020

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Sam Lessin (@lessin) and Bobby Goodlatte (@rsg) join Erik on this episode. They Discuss:
- The future of consumer social
- How can consumer social startups compete with incumbents
- How do you incentivize user growth on new platforms
- Are Twitter and Instagram going away
- What are the most interesting new ideas in consumer social
- Which new consumer social networks will be successful
- What technologies will enable the next wave of social networks
- Will decentralized social networks ever happen
- How can platforms capture and enable social capital
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.

Dan Runcie on The Business of Hip-Hop Jan 23, 2020

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Dan Runcie (@RuncieDan) of Trapital joins Erik to discuss business and strategy in hip-hop.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg.

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