Greatest Hits: Mike Maples on Building Successful Startups and Venture Funds

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

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Getting Out of the Present and Customer Development

03:29 • 3min

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The Most Common Success Pattern Is Steve Jobs

06:02 • 5min

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The Idea Maze

10:38 • 2min

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How Important Is It That the Idea Is Oreo, Non Obvious?

12:42 • 4min

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How to Find the Right Cofounder and Right Ideas

16:21 • 3min

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Is There an Arbitrage of Young, Technical Founders?

19:03 • 3min

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Live Video Over the Inter Net

21:40 • 2min

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Investing in Lines, Not Dose

23:30 • 2min

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Co-Founder Relationships

25:07 • 2min

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When You Have an Idea That's Really Worth Doubled Down On?

26:46 • 2min

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Are You Taking the Risks You're Not Comfortable Taking?

28:42 • 4min

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Operator Angels

32:21 • 3min

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Operator Angels - Is There a Great Remembrance of the Microphinderror Market?

35:17 • 2min

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Y C or ER Benchmark Marker?

36:58 • 2min

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The Ontripener's Brand

38:48 • 2min

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Are We Still Playing a Similar Game?

40:54 • 1min

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Sequoia - I Want to Be a First Ron to Fogate?

42:21 • 3min

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Is There a Relationship Between VCS and LPS?

45:02 • 4min

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Is the Next Jack Darcy Going to Stanfordnd Raise Much Money?

48:34 • 2min

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Is There a Recession in Venture Capital?

50:11 • 2min

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Non-Te Companies Will Be Reimagined Around Soft, Efine Networks

52:08 • 2min

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Is Long Term Crypto Going to Disrupt VC?

54:25 • 3min

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Investing in a Cryptocurrency Start-Up

57:28 • 3min

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Capital Efficiency Is a Proxy for How Novel the Idea Was

01:00:08 • 3min

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The Power of Ownership in a Successful Fund

01:03:33 • 2min

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Is There a Way to Get in the Top 20?

01:05:15 • 2min

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Blit Scaling Is a Growth Strategy

01:07:07 • 3min

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Are You Obsessing With Founder Diversification?

01:10:29 • 3min

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What Makes a Great Founder?

01:13:02 • 2min