Public speaking versus interviewing

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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