Creatives and capitalists generally don’t mix well in the sense that creatives would spend as much time and money making things, while capitalists prefer to monetize as efficiently as possible. This may be an overgeneralization, but what if this tension between the dichotomy was actually a good thing?

On this week’s episode, we welcome Tara Tan, Founder and Managing Partner at Strange Ventures, to take a deep dive into the world of venture capital. We’ll hear her views on the tension between capitalists and creatives as an investor-turned-designer. The conversation includes specifics about Tara’s career, what led her to founding Strange Ventures, and the intimate relationship between design, technology, and business. The conversation wraps up a discussion on how AI can help businesses scale and be more creative.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:22 Tara’s transition from designer to investor
00:11:06 What does a venture capitalist do?
00:12:57 Tension between Capitalists and Creatives
00:16:14 Advice for all technical and creative founders
00:17:41 Business is storytelling with numbers, Design is storytelling with pixels
00:19:46 Design discovers, Design distills
00:21:48 Human creativity will increasingly come at a premium
00:25:26 AI will enable creativity to scale
00:30:52 AI provides contextual intelligence as a canvas to work on
00:33:14 Product of a creative brainstorm with AI
00:38:28 Three takeaways

Episode References:

Tara Tan | The Strange Review
Tara Tan | LinkedIn
Rei Inamoto | Instagram
Rei Inamoto | X
I&CO | Corporate Site

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