Nadine Habayeb (Bohana) - The Future of Superfood Healthy Snacks, How Eastern Traditions Have Migrated West, and Finding Product-Market Fit
Show Details44min 54sDaniel Gulati (Comcast Ventures) - Execution vs. Network Type Business, How To Think About Winning a Category, and Evaluating Blue Ocean Opportunities
Show Details1hr 34minByron Ling (Canaan) - Analyzing Teams, Why It Might Be Harder to Raise a Series A vs. Seed during COVID, and Why Distribution is as Important as Product
Show Details35min 12sClaire Fauquier (Highland Capital Partners) - Purchase Behaviors of SMBs, Stretching Consumer and Sourcing at the Series A
Show Details35min 33sAnna Whiteman (Coefficient Capital) - Bold Marketing Using Non-Standardizing Channels, When a DNVB Should Think About Omnichannel, and Milestones for CPG Companies at Series A
Show Details53min 11sAdelle Archer (Eterneva) - From Ashes To Diamonds, A New Way To Honor Loved Ones and Experience Innovation
Show Details41min 41sBonus: Sasha Strauss (Innovation Protocol) - Brand Strategy, Not Making Brand Too Personal, and Importance of Positioning
Show Details44min 51sMichael Duda (Bullish) - Why TAM Is Overrated, Empathize But Don't Listen, and DTC 3.0
Show Details52min 44sJoe Tonnos (Ketch Ventures & Mistral Equity Partners) - Cricket Protein, Tequila and Investing in Sustainability
Show Details42min 1sBonus: Arie Abecassis (ICONYC Labs) - The Board of Directors
Show Details38min 3sKate McAndrew (Bolt) - Distributed Teams, Fundraising Outside the Major Hubs, and Impact of COVID
Show Details47min 11sBonus: Brian Wang (Dashing Leadership) - Why A Founder Might Need A Coach and a Conversation About Curiosity, Judgement and Culture
Show Details46min 33sBonus: Zac Dearing - Paycheck Protection Program
Show Details24min 41sRishi Garg (Mayfield) - Consumer Distrust, Curated Experiences, and What’s Next For Social Media
Show Details48min 27sDavid Goldberg (Corigin Ventures) - The Sharing Economy, Consumerization of Enterprise Software, and Distribution
Show Details32min 38sNatalie Dillon (Maveron) - Subcultures, Sustainability, and The Differences Between Gen Z & and Millennials
Show Details37min 29sKiva Dickinson (Selva Ventures) - Best Time To Start A Brand, Why First Mover is So Important in CPG, and Why VCs are Scared of Getting it Wrong
Show Details1hr 21minMadeline Keulen (Victress Capital) - Knowing Your Why, Analyzing Contrasting Trends, and Building Brands
Show Details30min 41sLogan Langberg (Imaginary Ventures) - DTC 2.0, Multiple Channels of Distribution, and Paid vs. Organic Growth
Show Details45min 3sCharles Hudson (Precursor Ventures) - The State of Seed Investing, The Early Stage Ecosystem, and Why Consumer Has Been Out Of Favor with VCs
Show Details40min 34sBonus: Corona Virus - Featuring Robert Gelb (HeySummit) - How early stage investors are thinking about the current landscape?
Show Details30minLaura Chau (Canaan) - The Five Pillars of Social Media, Moving Towards Status and the Power of Grit
Show Details28min 17sEthan Austin (Techstars) - Punched in the Face with a Problem, Analyzing Teams and EQ
Show Details48min 39sLee Hower (NextView Ventures) - Making Good Decisions Fast, Going With Your Gut and Why Trust at the Early Stages Is Vital
Show Details53min 2sBonus: Matt Hirst (West): Brand and Marketing - What is Brand?, How to Hire at the Early Stages, and Trusting Your Gut vs. Data Driven
Show Details44min 28sElizabeth Yin (Hustle Fund) - Investing When There’s No Traction and How To Mitigate Risk When Founding
Show Details30min 41sJason Shuman (Primary Ventures) - Payback Period, Market Timing, and The Importance of Distribution
Show Details29min 30sKate Boyle (Banjo Robinson) - Expanding Into Different Countries, Her Unfair Advantage, and Storytelling
Show Details45min 55sGautam Gupta (M13) - The Thin Line Between Success and Failure, Board Construction, and Why He Offers Learnings, Not Advice
Show Details27min 5sTim Katt (TACK Ventures) - How Tech is Disrupting Sports, Media and Advice for Founders in Secondary Markets
Show Details35min 42sSophie Bakalar (fable & Collaborative Fund) - What is Market Expertise?, Conscious Consumerism, and How She Sensed An Opportunity
Show Details39min 18sSumeet Shah (Swiftarc Ventures) - 4th Generation of Retail, Periscope Founders and What is Wrong in VC
Show Details46min 53sJason Stoffer (Maveron) - Mediocre Markets, Early Traction, and Knowing Your Weaknesses
Show Details28min 32sJordan Nof (Tusk VP) - Regulated Industries, The Importance of Timing, and Good Growth vs. Bad Growth
Show Details26min 54sEamonn Carey (Techstars) - Consumer Trends in Europe, Expanding to New Markets, and The Three Most Important Words in the English Language
Show Details1hr 9minGreg Bettinelli (Upfront Ventures) - #longla, Why Los Angeles Has Become a Hub of Consumer Innovation, and finding Product-Market Fit & Founder-Market Fit
Show Details21min 10sPaul Martino (Bullpen Capital) - What it Means to be a Contrarian Investor, The Arbitrage Opportunity at Post Seed, and Founders That Have Chips On Their Shoulders
Show Details32min 5sAnna Barber (Techstars) - What makes the Los Angeles Tech Ecosystem So Special, Breakdown of Techstars Accelerator Program, Tips on How to Reach Out to Investors
Show Details30minMike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures) - How to Evaluate Online Marketplaces, Why This is a Contrarian time to Invest in Consumer
Show Details40min 9sLeah Solivan (Fuel Capital) - The Importance of Passion, When a Company Should Have Product-Market Fit, and What Founders Should Pay Attention To In Their Pitch Decks
Show Details33min 43sWill McClelland (Elizabeth Street) - The Changing of Retail on High Streets, How to Analyze Competitive Advantages, ROI on Consumer Companies
Show Details55min 21sMike Duboe (Greylock) - Learnings as Head of Growth at Stitch Fix & Tilt, The Importance of Saying No, and Analyzing Health of Acquisition
Show Details35min 7sDavid Wu (Maveron) - The Reinvention of Entertainment, The Founder Scorecard, and the Lessons Learned From Building a Houseboat and Cruising Down the Mississippi
Show Details42min 55sRick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital) - The Future of Marketplaces, Why investing in B2C companies is different to B2B companies, Investing in Secondary and Tertiary Markets
Show Details34min 47sSusan Lyne (BBG Ventures) - Why Investing in Women Founders is Still an Untapped Market
Show Details33min 24sCaitlin Strandberg (Lerer Hippeau) - How To Identify Consumer Pain Points, The D2C Investment Landscape, and The New York Ecosystem
Show Details21min 8sAjay Kamat (Pear VC) - Clarity of Thought, Future of Audio, and Today's Investing Landscape
Show Details28min 4sAmit Mukherjee (NEA) - The Gen Z Consumer, How to Evaluate Two Different Competing Companies
Show Details27min 1sNicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners) - Future of Media, Investing in Women, and Thinking Big
Show Details28min 17sHayden Williams (BrandProject) - Empathy, Investing in Smoothies, and the Fickle Consumer
Show Details31min 13sJay Kapoor (Launch Capital) - Persistence, Building Trust & Finding Founder-Market Fit
Show Details42min 23sEp.0 - Why "The Consumer VC"?
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