The Danny Miranda Podcast

#334: Turner Novak – Breaking Into VC Through Twitter

Mar 27, 2023

01:00:54

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

How to Skip Class for the Twitter IPO

3min

How I Got Attracted to Investing

4min

Gears of War: The Second Best Player in the World

3min

The Importance of Being Good at Video Games

3min

How I Got Started Playing Halo in High School

3min

The Parallels Between Content Creation and Business

2min

How I Learned to Invest

2min

How to Make a Fake Portfolio of Startups

5min

10.

How to Create a Fantasy Profile of Companies

2min

11.

How to Invest in Co-Working

2min

12.

How to Get Into VC

2min

13.

Finding People Who Are on a Similar Pathway

5min

14.

The Importance of Markets in Investing

5min

15.

How to Invest in a Startup

3min

16.

The Importance of Understanding Crypto

5min

17.

How to Build an E-Commerce Company

4min

18.

How to Make Your Dreams Come True

3min

Turner Novak is a venture capitalist.

He is the creator of Banana Capital – a venture capital firm that invests globally across all sectors from pre-seed to pre-IPO. He became known on Twitter through his legendary memes.

In this conversation, we spoke about why investing, virality, common traits for successful founders, why crypto didn't make sense to him, and why he was so interested in video games.

(0:00) Intro

(1:26) First Viral Moment

(4:02) Skipping Class For Twitter IPO

(7:10) Why Investing

(11:20) Video Games

(22:41) Venture Capital Fantasy Portfolio

(33:41) Getting Into Venture Capital

(40:49) Common Traits For Successful Founders

(46:01) How Has Turner’s Thinking Evolved?

(48:34) Crypto (“You’re Going To Get Me Cancelled”)

(54:13) Grocery Delivery

(58:02) Challenge

Turner's Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak

Banana Capital: https://www.bananacapital.vc

The Split: https://www.thespl.it

My Links

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda

🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

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