Logan Bartlett is a Managing Director at Redpoint.
If you like startups and you listen to podcasts, you’re probably familiar with his podcast, the Logan Bartlett Show. We talk about how it first got started, plus all his tricks for growing the podcast, including his canonical episodes in 2022 that helped pop the web3 bubble.
We also talk market cycles and bubbles, and what Logan’s seeing in the data today, especially in AI, plus Logan’s philosophy’s on venture capital as an asset class, his favorite under the radar investors, and advice for his younger self.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(01:33) Not getting invited to Michael Rubin’s white party
(04:29) Meeting on Twitter during COVID
(11:09) How Logan and I benefited from Twitter
(16:55) Early days of the Logan Bartlett Show
(22:10) Why podcasts are so hard to grow, and how Logan did it
(24:50) Learning YouTube’s the best for podcast growth
(29:51) Inside Logan’s web3 episodes with Zach Weinberg
(32:07) Lessons from studying history and market cycles
(33:15) Producer Ben fact checking Logan's historical railroad statistics
(39:42) How to invest in and around bubbles
(51:00) Market data from Redpoint’s 2024 AGM update
(55:12) Differences between companies valued at 100x and 5x ARR
(1:00:04) The Barbell Theory of asset management and why Logan disagrees it will happen in VC
(1:09:40) Ways VCs can actually add value
(1:12:27) Redpoint’s founding story + greatest hits
(1:18:14) The most underrated investors and founders
(1:21:35) Advice for young people: pick a niche, go deep, stay focused
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Referenced:
Clearspace https://www.getclearspace.com/
Acquired’s TikTok episode https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/tiktok
Gorilla Game https://www.amazon.com/Gorilla-Game-Picking-Winners-Technology/dp/0887309577
Redpoint’s AGM Update https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1T3kGf-n4cmd6_UqOQNb79ZXFL723b9HdZyTnk9sLOlM/edit
Where to find Logan:
Twitter: https://x.com/loganbartlett
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loganbartlett/
Where to find Turner:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/turnernovak/
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