The Importance of a Good CEO

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I think it depends on the team. Like, is there a vision? Right? Is there something else they think they can do worthwhile with it? Do they have a team that can actually execute it? Do you have a good CEO? Yeah, I think that's so much of it. So if you've got money and you've got the will and you're braving it up to it, just blow it up and keep going with the money you've got because it's hard to raise. And in other situations where you don't have ateam that you trust, then I just sell one recently. They literally took the money. They didn't take them back. That was unique

In the 58th episode of The Logan Bartlett Show, Annie Lamont (Co-founder, Oak HC/FT) joins to discuss the state of the market, being a woman VC in the 90s, run-ins with Steve Jobs and Elizabeth Holmes, and her duties as the First Lady of Connecticut.

(0:00) Intro

(2:18) State of the Market

(16:23) State of the Venture Industry

(28:00) Qualities of a Good Founder

(32:00) Annie’s Background

(35:44) Steve Jobs Stories

(41:48) Gender Imbalance in the Venture Industry

(49:16) Fintech

(1:07:07) CT Covid Response

(1:19:08) Elizabeth Holmes

(1:23:18) Almost Getting Fired

Mixed and edited: Sam Dewees

Produced: Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson

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Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, 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.

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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.