Village Global Podcast

Sar Haribhakti (@sarthakgh), program lead for On Deck Fintech, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- How fintech has evolved over time, from PayPal to Stripe to now.- How fintech is different from other areas in tech.- The most frontier themes in fintech today.- Why the lines between what is fintech and what isn’t are blurring.- How On Deck has been expanding opportunity for people.- Sar’s experience going from outsider to insider in fintech.- The biggest misconceptions people have about fintech.- What people will get out of the On Deck Fintech Fellowship (https://www.beondeck.com/fintech) and who should apply.*The deadline to get your application in for the spring vintage of the Village Global Accelerator is March 1st! It’s a personalized and tight-knit program with an amazing network of peers, advisors, and experts. Companies that have been through the accelerator have raised from some of the top venture funds in the world, like a16z, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, True Ventures, Felicis and more.Learn more and apply at www.villageglobal.vc/accelerator!Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Santiago Suarez (@SantiaSua), co-founder and CEO of ADDI, joins Village Global co-founder and partner Anne Dwane on this episode. They discuss:- What he wish he knew when he started ADDI.- Why hustle alone has never made a company successful, and why he says it’s necessary but not sufficient.- His experience going through the Village Global Accelerator, and now mentoring founders in the program.- Where he’s looking to invest in fintech.- Startups he would like to exist that don’t yet.- Why he has changed his mind on investing in founders working in a space he doesn’t like.Companies Santiago has invested in:ProTalento - https://protalento.org/english-version/Kolors - https://kolors.com.mx/Rubik - https://www.getrubik.com/*The deadline to get your application in for the spring vintage of the Village Global Accelerator is March 1st! It’s a personalized and tight-knit program with an amazing network of peers, advisors, and experts. Companies that have been through the accelerator have raised from some of the top venture funds in the world, like a16z, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, True Ventures, Felicis and more.Learn more and apply at www.villageglobal.vc/accelerator!Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Anna Gat and Anne-Laure Le Cunff discuss virtual events, scaling communities while staying human, importance of documentation, off-limits topics, generalists, and great meetups. They explore mindfulness, public/private language, online community building, diverse conversations, continuous learning through meetups, and diverse business models for learning communities.

Josh Clemente (@joshuasforrest), founder of Levels, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- The personal story that led him to start the company.- The fact that most people in America are metabolically unhealthy and what Levels is doing about it.- How they are taking huge amounts of complex data and distilling it down to a single score.- The history of nutrition research and the debates in the space.- What’s coming up from Levels.*The deadline to get your application in for the spring vintage of the Village Global Accelerator is March 1st! It’s a personalized and tight-knit program with an amazing network of peers, advisors, and experts. Companies that have been through the accelerator have raised from some of the top venture funds in the world, like a16z, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, True Ventures, Felicis and more.Learn more and apply at www.villageglobal.vc/accelerator!Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Owen Willis, lead of the On Deck Health Tech Fellowship, and Nikhil Krishnan of Out-of-Pocket, discuss the evolution of health tech, common misconceptions about building a company in healthcare, and the purpose and benefits of the fellowship. They also touch on building platforms in health tech, resources to learn more, and details about the on deck health fellowship.

David Fauchier (@dfauchier), of Nickel Digital Asset Management, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- The philosophy at Nickel Digital and the strategies they’re looking to back.- A primer on market making.- His thoughts on the Tether controversy.- His explanation of the allegations of Bitcoin double-spending and the cascade of effects from it.- An explanation of the self-reinforcing market dynamics in the GameStop saga.- What changes and what doesn’t because of GameStop, and how it relates to crypto.*The deadline to get your application in for the spring vintage of the Village Global Accelerator is March 1st! It’s a personalized and tight-knit program with an amazing network of peers, advisors, and experts. Companies that have been through the accelerator have raised from some of the top venture funds in the world, like a16z, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, True Ventures, Felicis and more.Learn more and apply at www.villageglobal.vc/accelerator!Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Logan Ury (@loganury), Director of Relationship Science at Hinge and author of How To Not Die Alone, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- Why a great relationship is really just a culmination of a series of small decisions, and how to be “intentional every step of the way.”- How the three dating tendencies apply to cofounders as well as to romantic partners.- What leads to external CEO candidates being paid more but performing worse than internal ones.- Why life is happier for satisficers than for maximizers.- When to end it versus when to mend it.- Why people love optionality but are much happier after having made permanent decisions.Order Logan's book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1982120622/ref=tsm_1_tp_tc*The deadline to get your application in for the spring vintage of the Village Global Accelerator is March 1st! It’s a personalized and tight-knit program with an amazing network of peers, advisors, and experts. Companies that have been through the accelerator have raised from some of the top venture funds in the world, like a16z, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, True Ventures, Felicis and more.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Andrew Barry (@Bazzaruto), program director for On Deck Course Creators, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- The history of online courses and why they’ve exploded in the past few years.- What the On Deck Course Creators program is and what people can expect to get out of it.- The two key things you need to get right when creating an online course.- Common misconceptions that people have about what it takes to build one.- How to think about monetization.- The future of the ODCC program.*The deadline to get your application in for the spring vintage of the Village Global Accelerator is March 1st! It’s a personalized and tight-knit program with an amazing network of peers, advisors, and experts. Companies that have been through the accelerator have raised from some of the top venture funds in the world, like a16z, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, True Ventures, Felicis and more.Learn more and apply at www.villageglobal.vc/accelerator!Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Ali Hamed (@AliBHamed) and Brian Harwitt (@bharwitt) of CoVenture join Erik on this episode to discuss:- Their new fund, Crossbeam Venture Partners, and what they’re investing in.- The types of new asset classes they’re looking at and why these are often “a better version of something old school.”- Their thoughts on investing in creators.- The merits of equity vs. other forms of capital from a founder’s perspective.- Why they’re excited about roll-ups.- How venture is evolving and their thoughts on valuations.- The future of ISAs.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup

Nabeel Hyatt (@nabeel), investor at Spark Capital, joins Erik on this episode. It was recorded as part of an On Deck Angels event. They discuss:- His path to becoming an investor.- Why he likens being a VC to being a middle manager at a large conglomerate company.- How he thinks about frameworks for investing.- How to quickly get up to speed on spaces that are new to you as an investor.- Why there are so few hardware companies at scale and why he’s investing in the space.- Why he’s long on online communities.- Why gaming pioneers so many new business models.- Thoughts on his anti-portfolio.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup