Great Entrepreneurs Understand Risk and Reward, Right?

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"Great entrepreneurs are people who really manage risk takers," Mark Zuckerberg says. "When to take risks is as important as understanding kind of what the reward is." In times of great uncertainty and crisis, it's very easy to see who on your team locks up, he adds.

Four-cycle investor and Redpoint Ventures Co-Founder Geoff Yang joins to discuss his early years in VC (1:45), what it takes for a founder to survive in a down market (11:47), what makes CEOs like Frank Slootman and David Zaslav stand out, and more! (43:35)

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(1:45) Geoff Yang’s experience cracking into VC

(10:26) LinkedIn Jobs - Go to https://linkedIn.com/angel and post your first job for free.

(11:47) Surviving and thriving in a down market

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(23:29) Being flexible and understanding risk as an entrepreneur

(30:00) Accomplishing the most with the least

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(35:17) Geoff’s favorite investments

(43:35) Working with David Zaslav

(50:57) What’s next for Geoff + Generative AI

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