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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 20 hours 32 minutes
episode 32: Innovate continuously to remain competitive
Cindy Padnos, founder and Managing Partner at Illuminate Ventures, invests in B2B SaaS, enterprise cloud and mobile computing startups. She shares her incredible journey as a female founder of a venture capital firm. Named one of the Most Influential Women in Silicon Valley by New York Times, Cindy cares deeply about increasing diversity in the technology industry.
episode 31: Lower your shield and openly communicate with investors
Farooq Abbasi, founder and general partner at Preface Ventures, invests in early stage enterprise software startups. An optimist by nature, he entered into VC at the age of 19. He shares why founder openness, commitment and grit are key to investments.
episode 30: Convert frustration into desire to create a new business
Sandeep Bhadra is a partner at Vertex Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC firm that invests in B2B software and services. He candidly talks about his career as an engineer and experiences in venture capital. His methodical approach to research while preparing for startup investment forms the thesis for his investments.
episode 29: Startup ecosystem in Austin, Texas is booming
Andrea Kalmans, founding partner at Lontra Ventures, launched an investment firm with her husband and invests in 2 to 4 startups every year. She gives real-life examples of startups from her portfolio in healthcare, enterprise infrastructure, software and other sectors.
episode 28: Catch the attention of investors with non-obvious insights
Gaurav Jain, co-founder and managing partner at Afore Capital, describes the process of leading pre-seed and seed stage investments. He gives examples of founders of startups with unproven business models and what convinced him to invest.
episode 27: Show your personality on video calls
Steph Khoo, a venture capital investor at NYCA Partners, shares examples of innovative fintech startups changing the global financial systems. She talks about her due-diligence process, and how the changes caused by COVID are permanent.
episode 26: Create unfair advantage with novel technical insights
Ashmeet Sidana, chief engineer and founder of Engineering Capital, invests in startups with technical risks. He gives authentic examples success and failure stories from his portfolio of 20 startups. Education transformed his life starting in a rural village in India to the Silicon Valley.
episode 25: Visionary entrepreneurs have the x-factor
Ullas Naik, Founder and General Partner at Streamlined Ventures, shares his journey as investor on Wall Street and later starting a venture capital firm in the Silicon Valley. He has invested in >100 startups including 30 companies valued at >$100 mil. He gives real-life examples of founders with a bold vision and the perseverance for execution.
episode 24: Clarity of thought combined with empathy is a winning combo
Vinay Iyengar is a venture capital investor at Two Sigma Ventures based in San Francisco. His describes his investment thesis focused on the infrastructure for creative work. He talks about lessons learned in empathy through his failed startup and the evolution of remote work.
episode 23: Growth with negative margins is dangerous
Mar Hershenson, founding managing partner at Pear Ventures, shares her journey starting as a successful entrepreneur to launching a VC firm with Pejman Nozad. Her authentic description of failures highlights her lessons as a CEO.