Seed to Harvest Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures Charles Hudson On Raising a $73 Million Fund and Prioritizing People | Seed to Harvest Ep34
Seed to Harvest is a new podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.
Today, I’m joined by Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, a classic seed stage investment firm based out of San Francisco, CA. Charles is a serial entrepreneur, previously founding Bionic Panda Games, 3rd Power LLC, and CH3 Media Holdings. Prior to founding Precursor Ventures he served as a Partner at Uncork Capital and as a Senior Associate at In-Q-Tel, the venture arm of the CIA. He is currently a Lecturer at Stanford’s GSB and a Board Member of multiple organizations, including H2, LightSide Games, Populus, and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).
00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Charles Hudson
05:35 Uncork Capital Founder Jeff Clavier doing it all
11:16 People sometimes make mistakes
18:08 What has changed at Precursor Ventures?
22:32 How Charles Hudson effectively manages relationships
28:30 Tips for writing an investor update
Show notes:
Charles Hudson | https://twitter.com/chudson?lang=en
Precursor Ventures | https://twitter.com/PrecursorVC
Jeff Clavier | https://twitter.com/jeff?lang=en
Uncork Capital | https://twitter.com/uncorkcap
Rashaun Williams | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashaunlwilliams/
Sydney Thomas | https://twitter.com/sydneypaige10?lang=en
Fern Mandelbaum | https://www.linkedin.com/in/fern-mandelbaum-a485851/