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Explore " tech investing" with insightful episodes like "OTPBD Deep Dive: Family offices and their role in VC", "The Founders' List: Berkshire Hathaway 2020 Annual Report from Warren Buffett", "The 2020 Tech Report: Get Used to High Multiples", "E99 - Chris Hitchen, Inventures" and "E97 - Daniel Darling, Darling Ventures" from podcasts like ""Open the Pod Bay Doors", "The NFX Podcast", "Dry Powder: The Private Equity Podcast", "Open the Pod Bay Doors" and "Open the Pod Bay Doors"" and more!

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OTPBD Deep Dive: Family offices and their role in VC

Joined by Paul Naphtali (Rampersand), Sarah Nolet (Tenacious Ventures), and Rachel Yang (Giant Leap), Ian sits down for a deep dive into family offices. The panel discusses a variety of topics related to family offices and provides a wealth of information for potential VC investors as well as those looking to learn more about who is behind VC funds.

Ian & the panel discuss…

The role family offices play in Australia and how it is evolving
How family offices can help innovation become a core part of the Australian economy
The differences between a family office and an individual
The intergenerational nature of family offices
Deal flow as a determinant of success in first-time funds
The importance of ESG (environmental, social, governance)
Trends among family offices

...and more!

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Open the Pod Bay Doors

enAugust 18, 2021

The Founders' List: Berkshire Hathaway 2020 Annual Report from Warren Buffett

This is The Founders' List - audio versions of essays from technology’s most important leaders, selected by the founder community. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A, BRK.B) held its 2020 annual meeting of shareholders as a livestream-only event originating from its headquarters city of Omaha, Nebraska on May 2. This is the report from 2020 sent to all shareholders. This is the letter he sent to all shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. “The company’s sitting on about $150 billion in cash right now and it has $25 billion of earnings power, and Buffett has not found a lot to do with Berkshire’s earnings the last couple years in terms of buying businesses or stock market investments.”

enMarch 09, 2021

The 2020 Tech Report: Get Used to High Multiples

Bain’s inaugural report on the state of the industry examines how leading companies are investing in AI and automation, the hybrid cloud, the Internet of Things, flexible supply chains, virtual sales and other tools to increase resilience and accelerate growth.

Read the full 2020 tech report here: https://www.bain.com/insights/topics/technology-report/

Dry Powder: The Private Equity Podcast

enDecember 08, 2020

E99 - Chris Hitchen, Inventures

Chris Hitchen is the Germany-based, Australian-born Founder and Managing Partner of Inventures. Inventures invests €100k - €500k globally in early stage tech companies and actively helps founders reach their first institutional VC Round. Chris started out as an entrepreneur; he built and sold price comparison business Getprice to News Corp, eCommerce marketplace Next Commerce to Future PLC and programmatic ad marketplace Hynt to Zalando. He has invested in more than 60 startups. Prior to establishing Inventures, he was an angel investor and worked as Venture Partner with VC funds EQT Ventures, Project A and SquarePeg Capital.

In this chat with Phaedon, Chris talks about:

His investment thesis and the structure of his portfolio
What he looks for in a founder
Why he doesn’t join boards anymore
The backchannels he uses to conduct due diligence
The LPs that make up his fund

Recommendations from Chris:

Books - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Evans, The Road to Character by David Brooks

Podcast - The Twenty Minute VC, Notion Capital, Where Should We Begin with Esther Perel

News Source - Twitter

Holiday Destination - South Tyrol, Italy

Favorite Founders - Bill Gates, Mike Cannon-Brookes

Productivity Tool - Qatalog

Ted Talk Topic - "How We Turn Off & Disengage"

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Open the Pod Bay Doors

enOctober 16, 2020

E97 - Daniel Darling, Darling Ventures

Daniel Darling is the founder and managing partner of Darling Ventures, an early stage VC firm based in San Francisco. Daniel is an Aussie that's been working in the California tech scene for over a decade. He started his journey on the founding team of Mobile Interactive Group, an advertising tech startup that was acquired by NASDAQ-listed Velti for $60M. Back in 2014 he identified a unique opportunity to build a venture firm that would grant Aussie investors access to US-based investment opportunities. He swapped his operator hat for an investor hat, and founded Darling Ventures. Their specialty is writing the very first check for domain-expert founders using software and data to transform an industry. 6 years on, the firm has made 23 investments to date and recently launched Fund 3, a $30 million pre-seed fund.

In this conversation with Phaedon, Daniel discusses his early career experience working in ad tech, his unique investment thesis, and how he prepares portfolio companies for rockstar series A rounds. Daniel also shares his advice for angel investors new to tech, how he mitigates the many risks that accompany early stage investments, what his due diligence process looks like, and the role he believes a great investor plays in a founder's journey.

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Open the Pod Bay Doors

enSeptember 25, 2020

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Episodes (25)

OTPBD Deep Dive: Family offices and their role in VC

The Founders' List: Berkshire Hathaway 2020 Annual Report from Warren Buffett

The 2020 Tech Report: Get Used to High Multiples

E99 - Chris Hitchen, Inventures

E97 - Daniel Darling, Darling Ventures