The holiday season has always been a great time to celebrate the movers and shakers in our world. This season we're celebrating my personal favorites in the LP world. To start this mini-holiday series off, Earnest Sweat and Alexa Binns runs one of the most popular podcasts on venture capital limited partners, Swimming with Allocators. I was also fortunate enough to be on their podcast as well as a bonus crossover episode.
You can find Earnest on his socials here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/earnestsweat/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/EarnestSweat
You can find Alexa on her socials here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexabinns/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/alexabinns
OUTLINE:
[00:00] Intro
[02:09] Alexa's earliest relationship with money
[03:28] Earnest's earliest relationship with money
[04:45] Earnest's first major purchase
[06:41] Alexa's first major purchase
[08:25] The difference between public speaking and interviewing
[12:19] Memorable guests on the SwA podcast
[14:46] To do or not to do in-person interviews
[18:05] Evolution of YouTube titles
[20:04] Why err towards evergreen content?
[22:30] Was SwA designed for LPs or GPs?
[24:12] How did Earnest and Alexa meet?
[24:56] How did Swimming with Allocators start?
[27:21] The Pandora's Box of intros
[28:02] Alexa's 3 buckets for LP investing
[30:12] What is 'coming soon' for Earnest and Alexa?
[36:58] Post-credit scene: Spider-Man & Investors as Avengers
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