1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast

In this discussion, Alex Benik, Partner/Founder at Encoded Ventures, delves into early-stage investment strategies, focusing on AI's transformative impact across sectors. He highlights how VCs must anticipate disruptions over the next 5-7 years. The chat also covers innovative pricing models shaped by automation and the importance of thriving founding teams. Additionally, Alex shares insights on integrating human oversight in tech automation, balancing efficiency with quality, and addresses unique challenges for smaller companies in the evolving landscape.

Ray Wu, Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures AI Fund, discusses the fund’s investment thesis.

Amir Kabir, Founding Partner at Overlook Ventures, discusses his new firm’s investment Thesis around Risk. In addition, we had a great discussion on what younger aspiring entrepreneurs should do: jump into entrepreneurship right away, or learn a domain in a job.

David Evans, Managing Partner at Sentiero Ventures, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.

Felix Hartmann, Managing Partner at Hartmann Capital, discusses his firm’s investment thesis. This segment triggered an excellent discussion on Human Augmentation.

Julie Castro Abrams, Managing Partner at How Women Invest, discusses her firm’s investment thesis.

Warren Packard, Partner at AI Fund, discusses his firm’s investment thesis. Instead of founders pitching, the AI Fund operates as a Venture Studio and recruits repeat entrepreneurs with domain knowledge to build ventures based on their ideas.

Lisa Chai, Co-founder and General Partner at Interwoven Ventures, discusses her firm’s investment thesis.

Manu Rekhi, Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners, discusses his firm’s AI investment thesis.

Nicholas Fok from Erez Capital discusses his firm’s investment thesis.