This Week in Startups

ANGEL: Threshold VC’s Emily Melton on market distortion, healthcare investing & culture | E1693

Mar 8, 2023

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Venture Capital

01:34

Healthcare Is the Number One Barrier to Creating a Startup

01:40

How Did You Get Your Start in Venture Capital?

02:29

Introduction

2min

How Did You Get Your Start in Venture Capital?

2min

I Just Got a Job in Venture

3min

How to Hire the Right People on LinkedIn

3min

DFJ - What Made You Want to Start Your Own Firm?

2min

DFJ and Lavongo - What's the Difference?

4min

Healthcare Is Not Just a Big Economic Opportunity

2min

Healthcare Is the Number One Barrier to Creating a Startup

2min

Venture Capital - I Just Did It

3min

10.

How Much Capital Do You Have?

3min

11.

Are There Multiple Layers of Value?

2min

12.

Is There a Customized Solution for This Audience?

3min

13.

Women in Venture - Why Women Are Important in Venture Investment

2min

14.

A Good Partnership Isn't About Consensus

4min

15.

The Challenge for Repeat Founders

2min

16.

Are You Seeing Bubbles Burst?

6min

17.

How to Balance Long-Term Trends With Survivability

3min

18.

Venture Capital

2min

19.

Is the Return on Investment (ROI) a Good Thing?

3min

20.

Are We in for a Few More Quarters of Pain?

2min

21.

Is There a Bias in the Field for Missional Founders?

4min

Emily Melton joins Molly to discuss her early days in venture and what she learned while working at DFJ (1:30). Then, they talk about the barriers that healthcare imposes on entrepreneurship (17:22), building a diverse culture within venture capital (29:53), market distortions, and how to optimize for a down market (38:42).

(0:00) Molly kicks off the show

(1:30) Getting started in Venture Capital

(8:12) LinkedIn Jobs - Go to https://linkedIn.com/angel and post your first job for free

(9:38) Learnings from working at DFJ

(17:22) Healthcare being a barrier to entrepreneurship

(20:11) Prenuvo - Get $300 off at http://prenuvo.com/twist

(21:41) Threshold Ventures’ fund mechanics

(26:15) Investing in Tia: Healthcare solutions for woman

(29:53) Building culture

(37:45) Pilot - Get 20% off the first 6 months at https://pilot.com/twist

(38:42) Optimizing for a down market

(52:13) What’s next?

FOLLOW Emily: https://twitter.com/emelton

FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis

FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood

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This Week in Startups

ANGEL: Threshold VC’s Emily Melton on market distortion, healthcare investing & culture | E1693

Venture Capital

Healthcare Is the Number One Barrier to Creating a Startup

How Did You Get Your Start in Venture Capital?

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