The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified

Jason Calacanis joins Nick to discuss his new book and his secrets to successful angel investing. We address questions including: - Why Jason wrote the book - What drives him to continue angel investing after all his success - His thoughts on angels that make large investments during their first year of angel... To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following investors are featured: - Jay Acunzo - David S. Rose - Niki Scevak Each investor discusses sectors, drivers or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

Welcome back to TFR for another Cram Session. In these special releases, we have aggregated the takeaways and tips from previous episodes. In this installment, we will be recapping the following episodes: 79. Hardware Investing, Part 1 (Avidan Ross) 80. Hardware Investing, Part 2 (Avidan Ross) 81. Getting Smart on... To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following investors are featured: - Peter Boyce - Mahendra Ramsinghani - John Greathouse Each investor describes an outstanding entrepreneur that they've worked with and what key traits and behaviors make for the best startup leaders. To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

Today we cover Part 2 of Dispelling Conventional Wisdom in VC with Eric Paley of Founder Collective. In this segment we address: I wanted to get your quick take on follow-on investing. There was a recent twitter convo w/ you, Parker Tompson, Semil Shah & Nick Ducoff on follow-on funding…... To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

Eric Paley of Founder Collective joins Nick to dispell some conventional wisdom in VC. We address questions including: - What's the focus at Founder Collective? - What are the downsides of heavily funded companies? - Overview and Methodology for your study of 71 IPOs: 'Overdosing on VC: Lessons from 71 IPOs' Conventional VC... To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following investors are featured: Parker Suster Shah Each investor describes their investment thesis and how they evaluate startups for investment. To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

Trey Hart of Northern Trust is back to cover Part 2 of the GP-LP relationship. In this segment we address: - Key mistakes that GPs make - The key characteristics that successful GP's share - The importance of an ownership focus - What winning really looks like for GPs, in terms of metrics (ie.... To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

Trey Hart, SVP of 50 South Capital at Northern Trust, joins Nick for a deep dive on the relationship between LPs and GPs. In Part 1, we will address questions including: Trey's path to becoming an LP His thoughts on being a GP The types of GPs and categories they... To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

TastyTrade was kind enough to invite Nick on their program, Bootstrapping in America. In this episode the interview audio will be available on the podcast and the video is here on the blog. Hosts Kristi, Ross, and Tony Batista interview Nick about the Podcast, the investment group and what types... To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.