Navigating AI Competition and the Quest for Unique Value

Mike Maples of Floodgate joins Nick to discuss The OG Seed Investor, Mike Maples Jr., on Spotting Inflection Points, Living in the Future, and Why the Best Form of Competition Is No Competition. In this episode we cover:

• The Evolution of Seed Investing
• Identifying Exceptional Founders
• The Role of Inflections in Startups
• The Impact of AI on Startups
• Sea Changes and Business Model Migrations
• The Importance of Specificity and Narrative Design
• The Role of Pattern Recognition in Venture Capital

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• Company’s LinkedIn
• Company’s Website

The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area.

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