Floodgate Founding Partner, Mike Maples Jr: The Best Founders Live in the Future

Mike Maples Jr is a Co-Founding Partner at Floodgate. He was named a “Rising Star” by Fortune, and has been on the Forbes Midas List eight times in the last decade. 

Before becoming a full-time investor, Mike was a founder and operator at back-to-back startup IPOs. Now, Mike’s own investments include companies like Twitter, Twitch, Lyft, Refinery29, and Clover Health. Mike is also the author of the National Bestselling book Pattern Breakers - sharing lessons from startup top performers. He is known as one of the world's most exceptional discoverers of talent. 

In this episode we talk about his giant idea - why we shouldn’t focus on being better than the last company, we should focus on being completely different. We also talk about the aiming phase, when you should quit, and the art of the pivot. Welcome Mike!

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