Discover the key factors for success in venture capital with insights from VenCap's David Clark. Learn about the data behind VC strategies, preparing for tough times with founders, and the importance of timing in selling investments. Explore the challenges and rewards of navigating the venture capital landscape.

Podcast features live guests discussing fintech career paths, startup challenges, pivoting strategies, fundraising, and customer engagement. Topics include getting degree vs. practical experience, mistakes by first-time founders, surviving before VC investments, startups pivoting, and raising funds before product-market fit.

Topics include Google's 'woke AI' emergency, Apple's lowkey AI integrations, OpenAI's Sora model for Hollywood, AI model training, reinforcement learning with human feedback, guardrails in AI behavior, business phone numbers, AI research tools, innovative product success, multi-modal vision models, object identification in images, Apple's object recognition in Photos app, personalized food recommendations, hiring remote developers, and the unprecedented realism of AI-generated trailer Sora.

Reddit's potential as an advertising business, the evolution of AI in consumer vs. enterprise markets, and Sam Altman's new fund are discussed in this episode featuring industry experts and investors.

Join the excitement of LAUNCH Accelerator Demo Day with seven startup pitches, including Melengo simplifying fashion product development, PodcastAI for automated podcasting, Tolt's tech solutions, and River's community-building platform. Explore innovative ideas, challenges in podcasting, and the power of AI in tax technology.

Jordan Stein from Cresset Partners discusses VC dynamics, venture tourism, Power Law in VC, co-invest program, evaluating emerging managers, distinguishing 'Likely Winners' vs 'Definitive Winners', and more on the podcast

Rahul Sidhu from Aerodome discusses the future of public safety with rapid drone response, privacy concerns with police drones, challenges of fundraising, and the founding incident of Aerodome. They dive into the automated drone system for 911 calls, FAA regulations, geofencing, and obstacle avoidance for drones.

Mark Susterand Samir Kaji, experts in venture market, IPOS, and secondaries, discuss the 2024 market, VCs selling secondaries, and IPOS. They also mention Softbank and Tiger as inactive firms, address challenges in scaling businesses, and explore valuations in public markets and the fintech industry.

Alex Edelson of Slipstream Investors discusses fund of funds and their place in the venture ecosystem. Topics include fund size and ownership percentage for emerging fund managers, challenges in raising capital, overperformance of seed funds, identifying winners among funds, and the qualities of successful emerging fund managers.

The podcast discusses Google's rebranded Gemini Advanced and Apple's MGIE, as well as the significance of Microsoft's Copilot. They also cover demos of Lucite, AgentHub, and Qultier. Other topics include Super Bowl viewership, the importance of compliance for sales teams, automating tasks with jcal yes chef in AgentHub, automated expense management, using the 'Instruction' tool for analysis presentations, B2B marketing with LinkedIn Ads, the confusion between Gemini Ultra and Google Bard, and AI's potential for creative insights in screenwriting.