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This week, we answer more of your questions, like: What is ChatGPT’s carbon footprint? Why are engineers so sure artificial intelligence will keep getting better? And, why are there so many venture capital bros?
Maha Ibrahim of Canaan joins Molly to discuss her early days in VC (1:38), managing distributions and exiting at the right time (20:36), the clean tech bubble, being a generalist/specialist, diversity, and more (37:42).
(0:00) Molly kicks off the show
(1:38) Maha’s first years in venture
(11:18) LinkedIn Jobs - Go to https://linkedIn.com/angel and post your first job for free.
(12:43) Investing in the early 2000s and Canaan’s strategy
(19:12) Cast.ai - Get a free cloud cost audit with a personal consultation at https://cast.ai/twist
(20:36) Exiting at the right time and distributing earnings
(30:00) Learning from a downturn
(34:58) The mismatch between VCs to outlier startups
(36:11) Prenuvo - Get $300 off at http://prenuvo.com/twist
(37:42) The climate tech bubble
(40:14) Generalists vs. specialists
(42:16) Responding to cycles and signs of good timing
(48:53) Structuring a generational off-ramp
(51:39) All Raise
(55:30) What does the future hold?
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