Best of 2023: 15 Untold Stories From Tech’s Inner Circle
The Logan Bartlett Show
Finding an Exceptional Founder
In this chapter, they discuss the traits that make a founder exceptional and worthy of investment. They highlight the importance of domain expertise and how it can be borrowed from experts in the field. They also mention their approach to due diligence and the significance of understanding the founder's ambitions.
It’s been a wild year for The Logan Bartlett Show, starting with a rebranding and ending with our 50th episode of the year. We’ve pieced together the top 12 most unforgettable moments from 2023, including our favorite wacky untold stories from tech’s inner circle & the most profound insights of 2023.
(0:00) Intro
(1:30) Satish and Scott (Partners, Redpoint) roasting Logan for becoming a media personality
(2:22) Matthew Prince (CEO, Cloudflare) exposing Cloudflare’s 1st customers: Turkish escorts
(8:37) Dario Amodei (CEO, Anthropic) predicts the future of AI
(23:47) Dev Ittycheria (CEO, MongoDB) gives 3 steps for holding people accountable
(30:03) Jack Altman (CEO, Lattice) joking about growing up with Sam
(33:24) Daniel Ek (CEO, Spotify) on money and happiness
(41:42) Matt Mochary (CEO Coach to Sam Altman, Brian Armstrong, Naval) shares his hiring and firing frameworks
(51:06) Elad Gill (Solo Capitalist) on how to build a legendary career in tech
(54:17) Eliezer Yudkowsky (AI Safety Expert) on the risks of AI doom
(1:00:05) Zach Weinberg (CEO, Curie.Bio) on the best way to learn anything
(1:07:38) Brian Halligan (Co-Founder, Hubspot) on surviving a terrible snowmobiling accident
(1:14:59) Keith Rabois (Partner, Founders Fund) lists key traits in founders and younger investors
(1:18:18) Emmett Shear (Co-Founder, Twitch) on his top advice for founders
(1:26:47) Liz Zalman and Jerry Neumann (Co-Authors of Founder VS Investor) debate founder versus investor perspectives
(1:30:17) Laela Sturdy (Managing Partner, CapitalG) on what all the best investments have in common
Watch the full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDw_q3IWeBJr6a8cgSaDGJhGWlKN3q5db
Produced: Rashad Assir & Leah Clapper
Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky
Executive Producer: Josh Machiz
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About the Show
Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.
Executive Producer: Rashad Assir
Producer: Leah Clapper
Mixing and editing: Justin Hrabovsky
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About the Show
Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, we sit down with the people behind today’s most important startups and extract the tactics, lessons, and frameworks they’ve learned the hard way. Conversations span hiring to GTM, product, growth, fundraising and everything in between - collectively forming the ultimate playbook to make you a better CEO, investor or board member.
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