Successful entrepreneurs begin with the support of a few #earlybelievers. Gopi Rangan, founding partner at Sure Ventures, interviews venture capital investors in the Silicon Valley and beyond. Guests share insider stories on how they invest in early stage startups. Do you want to learn from real-life challenges, inspiring missions and important decisions by CEOs, founders, VCs, angels, and advisors? Listen to https://podcast.sure.ventures.
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episode 12: Ethos to keep pushing things forward is a rare quality
Ravi Belani, founder of Alchemist Accelerator, talks about entrepreneurship for all. He gives examples of technical founders building software businesses LaunchDarkly and Rigetti. Alchemist looks for what can go right and how big can the business be more than dwelling on what can go wrong.
- Both Steve Jobs like charismatic vision and Steve Wozniac like behind the scenes execution are important in a founding team
- Questions we ask are around: why now, why you and how big.
- Good accelerators are strong signals to attract venture capital investors
- Non-profit: City of Dreams