I'm just loving it. That's why I do a podcast. You get to like learn for an hour. How much of your investment at this stage is in the idea or the founder? Like 5 million valuation is like, all right, there's some traction, but it's still the chance of that becoming a noober. Yeah. So is it the founder? Is it other people's cosines? It used to be founders. There's too many funds. People are sending you deal flow that are the ones that can't raise money. And they invested in the winners in their portfolio. They're sending you the negative portfolio because then you get to extend the life of their losers
Sophia Amoruso, Founder and GP at Trust Fund, joins Jason to discuss her angel investments (1:23), raising a fund publicly (5:54), and the creative process (12:14). Then, they discuss portfolio construction and putting past identities to bed (27:04).
(0:00) Molly kicks off the show
(1:23) Previous angel investing experience
(5:54) Why Sophia is raising a public fund
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(12:14) Branding and the creative process
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(22:25) What stage of investing is Sophia going after
(27:04) Portfolio construction
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(38:44) Pro rata rights
(46:56) Putting past identities to bed
(1:01:18) Fund cycles
(1:05:17) Investing in founders or investing in ideas & more
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