Alex Konrad on Covering Israeli & Gazan Tech, the Forbes Midas List, & Civic Resilience

On this episode of Invested, Michael hosts Alex Konrad, senior editor at Forbes covering venture capital, startups and tech out of New York. Alex is the editor of the Midas List and 30 Under 30 List for VC, and the creator of the Midas List Europe and the Cloud 100 List. He has written numerous cover stories on business leaders including Patrick Collison, Satya Nadella and Melanie Perkins, among others, and most recently Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport. You can find Alex on X (formerly Twitter). Please rate this episode 5 stars wherever you stream your podcasts!  KEY TOPICS  [00:00] Intro  [03:50] Rising Anti-Semitism [07:02] Good Journalism and Clickbait [09:20] Not-for-Profit Journalism [12:02] The Forbes Midas List [16:25] Importance of Having a Brand as a VC [20:00] Covering the War from a Tech Perspective [22:30] Civic Resilience in Tech [26:01] High Tech Involvement in Government [30:00] Gazan Tech [36:05] Israeli Resilience and Civic Duty  [42:20] How Investors Currently View Israeli Tech  [44:15] What Happened with OpenAI and Sam Altman [46:15] Paddy Cosgrave and Web Summit Controversy  [48:00] Deciding What to Cover [50:10] Importance of Family REFERENCES The Midas List KAN11 (IPBC) Sam Altman Gili Raanan Anduril Wiz SpaceX Starlink Unit 8200 Zoe Weinberg Cockroach Labs OpenAI Paddy Cosgrave CREDITS Executive Producer: Erica Marom  Producer: Sofi Levak Video and Editing: Uri Ar Music and Art: Uri Ar  Design: Rony Karadi