#101 Alex Rubalcava of Stage Venture Partners: My Favorite Books, Tools, Habits, and More | 20 Minute Playbook

In Episode #101, we deconstruct Alex Rubalcava's peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. Alex Rubalcava is Partner at Stage Venture Partners. We cover the coming energy transition and advice for founders and investors. “No one in the world has an urgent problem that will get solved by investing in some random guy's venture capital fund.” – Alex Rubalcava EPISODE GUIDE (LINKS, QUOTES, NOTES, AND BOOKS MENTIONED) https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/alex-rubalcava-stage-venture-partners-playbook-show-notes  FULL TEXT TRANSCRIPT https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/stage-venture-partners-alex-rubalcava-playbook-transcript  CHAPTERS In this episode, we deconstruct Alex Rubalcava’s peak performance playbook—from his favorite book to the tiny habit that's had the biggest impact on his life. In it we cover: (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:53) – Alex’s superpowers in investing (00:03:07) – Advice for founders (00:05:03) – Learning from Berkshire Hathaway and investment books (00:09:17) – The massive energy transition underway (00:14:24) – Advice for new investors (00:16:54) – Planning and long term success ABOUT ALEX RUBALCAVA Alex Rubalcava is the Founder and Managing Partner of Stage Venture Partners. Stage VP invests hyper early, typically pre-seed and seed, into deep technology companies across four core verticals, which includes space technology, industrial applications, healthcare and life sciences, and eCommerce tooling. What fascinated me about Alex and Stage Venture Partners is the incredibly unique approach of investing early into very difficult technological problems with a proven ability to help shepherd these companies from seed to Series A and beyond. In this episode, we cover Alex's investing superpower, how he manages his time, why he loves the book The Gorilla Game, the advice he gives founders again and again and again, and so much more. 💌 FREE NEWSLETTER https://www.outlieracademy.com/newsletter 🎙 LISTEN ON iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/outlier-academy/id1523851182 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/58edVNgqaPNaCSGSxM6pef?si=88f37a5d20434775 Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1523851182 ABOUT OUTLIER ACADEMY Learn timeless lessons on work and life from iconic founders, world-renown investors, and bestselling authors. Outlier Academy is the forever school for those chasing greatness. Past guests include Gokul Rajaram of DoorDash, Scott Belsky of Benchmark and Adobe, Joey Krug of Pantera Capital, Mark Sisson of Primal Kitchen, Luke Gromen of The Forest for the Trees, and Brian Scudamore of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. Website: https://www.outlieracademy.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/outlieracademy ABOUT DANIEL SCRIVNER Outlier Academy is hosted by Daniel Scrivner. Over the last 15 years, Daniel has led design teams at Square and Apple, turned around a $3M+ ARR SaaS business, and invested in more than 100 companies. He launched Outlier Academy in 2020 to learn from the world’s best founders, investors, authors, and peak performance experts. Website: https://www.danielscrivner.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/danielscrivner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices