About Karthik Reddy:
What does it take to identify and back the next big thing in the world of startups? How do venture capitalists navigate the complex web of risks and rewards to make successful investments?
Welcome to The One Percent Project, where we continue our exploration of the world of startups and venture capital with the visionary Karthik Reddy, the co-founder and Managing Partner of Blume Ventures. In part 1 of our conversation, we learned about Karthik's upbringing, the values he has instilled in Blume Ventures, his perspective on the role of venture capital in fostering innovation, the X Unicorn hypothesis, and more.
In part 2 of our conversation with Karthik, we delve deeper into the world of venture capital. Join us as we explore Karthik's approach to investing, his counterintuitive insight about venture capital, how he identifies exceptional founders, concepts and frameworks that have influenced him in his career and much more.
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In this conversation, he talks about:
00:00 Intro
02:04 Why he built Blume?
08:13 Counterintuitive insight about venture capital
12:34 How he evaluates founders and ideas.
18:58 Three books
20:44 Three productivity tools
23:31 Kindest thing anyone has done for him.
25:27 What advice will he give to his younger self?
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