Village Global Podcast

Keith Rabois (@rabois), partner at Founders Fund, joins Erik on this episode. It was recorded as part of an On Deck event. They discuss:- How he would compare the state of angel investing when he was getting started years ago to angel investing today.- His learnings about building a better filter for whether to take a meeting or not, and what he looks for in a person’s LinkedIn profile.- Portfolio allocation and how much to allocate to angel investing.- What differentiates people who are an executive and angel versus those who are full-time VCs.- Whether he plans to invest in crypto.- Thoughts on pricing and the differences in pricing considerations between angels and VCs.- How he uses Twitter.- Trends he sees and ideas he’s exploring.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

Alex Robinson (@arobinsontweets), co-founder and CEO of Juniper Square (@juniper_square), joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- The experience that led him to create Juniper Square and the vision for the company.- How he navigated the idea maze.- How investment management will change in the future.- The vision for unbundling investment management.- How COVID changed the market and why he thinks the move to remote work is overstated.- What’s next for the company.- Where he would be investing if he was running a fund and his requests for startups.- The company-building principle they implemented that transformed the company.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

Anthony Nardini of the On Deck Team joins Erik to discuss:- The OD50 Fellowship, what it will be like, and who should go through it.- Why people don’t leave their existing jobs.- The advice he gives for people trying to pivot into tech.- The dimensions of job suitability.- How to know when it’s the right time to leave a job.- Whether to start your own thing or find a new job.- His advice for job-seekers.- The tools that he wants to exist for job-seekers.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

Nikhil Krishnan, founder of Out of Pocket, discusses the flaws of the US employer-based healthcare system, comparisons to other countries, investing in the space, dynamics of hospitals, randomized controlled trials, digital therapeutics, EMRs during COVID, and the future of telemedicine.

Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan), creator of Lenny’s Newsletter and a former PM at Airbnb, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- The best bottom-up SaaS metrics to track and why these companies are so sought-after right now.- What separates great bottom-up strategies from the rest.- How to think about when to hire your first PM.- How to increase retention.- How to think about strategy.- How to increase your conversion rate.- How to evaluate marketplaces.- How to create effective flywheels.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

Jacob Peters (@J__Cub), co-founder of Commsor, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- What makes a great community.- The difference between a community and a network.- How to get a community off the ground.- Phases of communities and how to scale them.- How companies can build community.- How to think about monetization of a community.- His investing thesis around communities and his requests for startups.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

Nan Ransohoff (@nanransohoff) and Ryan Orbuch (@orbuch), who are leading the climate initiative at Stripe, join Erik to discuss:- Stripe’s climate change initiative and how it came to be.- Why they are focusing on carbon removal.- The technologies that they are looking at.- What they’ve learned about negative emissions.- Their requests for action in the space.- How investors should be looking at these fields and the areas that would be most interesting to them.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

Erika Batista (@erikabatista) and Gonz Sanchez (@gonsanchezs), of On Deck join Erik on this episode to discuss:- How the European startup scene has changed and evolved over time.- Fragmentation in tech in Europe. - Barriers to more people starting companies and how they are being removed.- Cultural differences between Europe and other geographies.- What they see as the secret sauce of San Francisco.- Plans for OnDeck in Europe.- Sectors and companies in Europe that are exciting.- What they would change in Europe if they could wave a wand.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

Karthik Puvvada (@thisiskp_), director of On Deck’s No-Code Fellowship, joins Erik to discuss:- How he got into no-code and how the space has evolved.- Why he has been building in public and how it has helped him.- What is holding back the no-code movement from having wider adoption.- Why no-code is moving past the concerns about reliability and scaling that it has had in the past.- How investors should approach the space, and the requests for startups that he has.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

Nadia Eghbal (@nayafia) of Substack joins Erik on this episode to discuss:- The background of her book, Working in Public, and the “why now” for it.- What she’s learned about open source that can be applied to other areas.- Shifts that she’d like to see in the internet.- The evolution of thinking around democracy in the world.- Governance in companies and countries.- Narratives in tech and the negative attention tech has received recently.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