Sally Kohn: Let's look at a couple of portfolio companies as we wrap here. You did the series A in one of my favorite companies, calm.com. Maybe talk a little bit about finding that company and just how extraordinary it was to find a company that had raised so little money for such incredible growth. She says they probably do more of their usage is around sleep today than it is about meditation.
Deven Parekh of Insight Partners joins Jason to discuss navigating markets during the dot com era and the pandemic. (1:50) Then they discuss "venture tourists" and cleaning up cap tables before wrapping up with a look back at some of Deven's winning investments. (20:04)
(0:00) Jason kicks off the show
(1:50) Experiencing the dot com burst
(10:14) LinkedIn Jobs - Go to https://linkedIn.com/angel and post your first job for free.
(11:36) Comparing Web 3.0 and the dot com era + navigating the markets during the pandemic
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(20:04) Venture Tourists
(29:30) Unfavorable preference stacks
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(38:32) Cleaning a cap table
(47:57) Looking back at Deven’s investments
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