Building Relationships and the Significance of Having a Strong Network

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This chapter emphasizes the importance of building relationships in the venture capital industry, discussing the value of being helpful and having a strong network. It also highlights the positive relationship between the hosts and mentions sponsors.

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Todays show:

Jason talks with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian about their pending IPO (2:48), advice he tells young people starting out at his firm (13:51), then Ron Biscardi discusses the future of the iConnections conference (47:01), and more!

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Check out Reddit: ⁠https://www.reddit.com/

Check out iConnections: https://iconnections.io/

Follow Alexis:

X: https://twitter.com/alexisohanian

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexisohanian/

Follow Ron:

X: ⁠https://twitter.com/rbiscardi⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-biscardi-79063/⁠

Follow Jason:

X: ⁠https://twitter.com/jason⁠

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jason⁠