David Weisburd interviews LPs and GPs to examine the Venture Capital ecosystem through the lens of Limited Partners.
David Weisburd is the Co-Founder of 10X Capital, one of the most active VC firms in the world having invested in companies including 23andMe, Better.com, Clubhouse, DraftKings, Headspace, HoneyBook, Palantir, Punchh, Robinhood, Tonal, Udemy, and Wish.
He is frequently joined by Erik Torenberg, an investor, podcaster, and founder of Turpentine.
Replete with meaty content and meaningfully clever quips. "Phil Knighting" the brand and identifying sources of 10x potential within the company. The "CEO of our own bank of time, we can use a fresh 1000 minutes to use however we want to" concept - really insightful. I also love the guidance on dealing with disappointment through empathic reframe with the example of the person complaining about the car realizing there is someone on a bike wishing he had a car and someone waiting for the bus wishing he had a bike, and so on…all excellent! Liked & subscribed.
What I really appreciate about Erin's responses, other than demystifying the in's-and-outs of impact investing, is her ability to articulate the long-range goals of Pivotal supporting diverse, equitable managers knowing that no one solution can completely resolve economic inequities. She de-centers Pivotal as a one stop shop and instead emphasizes of the importance of having multiple mechanisms of a successful fund strategy, internal learning as a key factor of growth and emphasis on value-added support for social enterprises. I learned a lot -great work!
This idea is not only the most stupid proposal I have ever heard in the field but so annoying even to hear it. 1. I am not sure what his background is, but I don’t think he fully understands what he is talking about except that his vision is quick enrichment by producing bigger sized plants, tubers, seeds, etc. faster. 2. Even before commenting on his proposal, if they are successfully using AI, such silly ideas, at this initial stage of AI development, are good examples that would awake us to think who is tinkering with nature using this potentially useful tool. 3. This idea refutes the basic tenet of biological reproduction, re-creation, continuity, existence, survival, etc. through genetic recombination (the total probabilistic reshuffling of that organism (plants, animals, humans, you name it) to come up with a new organism or creature every time there is biological reproduction. The half genome contribution (the guy foolishly criticizes) has an important role this natural system. 4. The plan of God or Nature is not money making but to sustain life continuously or for eternity by avoiding catastrophic events resulting in death and destruction. 5. Nature abhors genetic uniformity. That is why we avoid inbreeding in humans, animals, plants…. The Irish were greedy, as this man is, and capitalized on, possibly, one high yielding potato variety and one simple blight (fungal disease) wiped out the whole crop resulting in the infamous Irish famine. 6. Size: yes, so were the dinosaurs. And who wants 1or 5 kg potato tuber anyway. The development of GMO and the incorporation of herbicide resistance genes into selected crop varieties has resulting an immense damage to the natural plant/crop gene pool in the world, particularly, the old/developing world by destroying landraces which are the reservoirs of genetic diversity through millennia.
Interesting perspective on the wealth channel. I also think it will lead to a greater concentration of the megafunds since they have the resources to get in early
Add going into debt for a possibility of a better paying job in the future? Or if something happens to your health, going into debt to live? We been screwed. I can’t imagine why anyone would ever get an auto loan. I’m 32 and it’s been working out great so far. I’ve been driving since I was 17 and had 2 cars. First car my parents bought for me off Craig’s list for $3,000 was a 1994 Acura integra ls. My second car I bought around 24-25 and which I still own I to this day is a 2003 bmw 325i. I got about 1k back from my integra in parts and scraping the rest. So a total of about $6,000. Probably spent about on maintenance $2,000 total. So about total of $8,000. It’s worth probably 5-6k now. Let’s $5,000 to be safe. But total loss is at $3,000. The amount I’ve paid per month is $44.44. If I sold it today for $5,000 the total price paid would be $16.67 a month.
Hey guy look into how much electricity it takes to charge a electric vehicle then you've probably experienced rolling blackouts due to the fact the electrical grid cannot handle today's usage add 400 million electric vehicles to the grid now we'll be living in the dark. You don't even understand what you're talking about.
Oh man this is gold, thank you so much. Huge fan of Robert and have always wanted to hear a more business-oriented interview with him. Greatly appreciate you both taking the time to make this happen.
The advice for a creative person to learn to be technical is stellar. I'm an artist and the artists I've known who can do the technical side, even a bit, are much more powerful. The "one man teams".
This is why he was my favourite director before or after Alita! Cant wait for my US vacation to Austin in June!!! Maybe I might meet him there!!! #AlitaArmy
