Venture Capitalists - Is It the Right Investment for You?

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In many cases i'm like, look, you need to be o k with us saying this wasn't the right idea. But in my prospective, a lot of these founders, i believe at some point in their career they actually probably will be successful. So the sooner you stop doing this business and you try another business, you might actually get closer to that moment of success. If we do that through a rapid succession, because we saved people a lot of time, an hopefully they get closer to whatever is going to drive their success....

0:32 Jason speaks on current events and intros Science CEO Mike Jones, how they met after selling their companies to AOL
6:02 What is Science and how has it evolved since being started in 2011? Why did they pivot away from the startup studio model?
12:43 What are the economics of a venture-studio?
15:25 Defining the 3 scenarios of a "lifestyle-business"
18:41 Founders sharpening their skills through hardship, how Mike experienced that at MySpace
25:48 Investing in Dollar Shave Club, insights on what makes a great DTC founder
38:25 Short-term/Mid-term/Long-term impact of COVID
48:37 What is gained and lost in fully-remote work?
57:28 Thoughts on eventually going back to work?