Episode · This Week in Startups · 2023-02-11
Books mentioned on ANGEL: Surviving a down market, early VC stories & more with four-cycle investor Geoff Yang | E1676
Four-cycle investor and Redpoint Ventures Co-Founder Geoff Yang joins to discuss his early years in VC (1:45), what it takes for a founder to survive in a down market (11:47), what makes CEOs like Frank Slootman and David Zaslav stand out, and more!
Geoff Yang discussed Venture Capital by Mike Wright and others. Jason Calacanis discussed The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Venture Capital
Discussed“there was something called Stan Pratt's guide to venture capital listed every Venture Capital firm in the country which wasn't that big and I went through and I basically wrote letters and called called almost everyone”
Where to get it
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The Bell Curve
The Bell Curve by Richard J.
Discussed“I don't think I want to publish in the real world come the bell curve comes to mind you know you have this scientist who's like Hey we're going to give this IQ test to a bunch of different populations”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Razor's Edge
“let's just do a parallel project or let's not cut this peop this person let's just hire another person to kind of do what this person was supposed to do and you don't have the you don't have the The Razor's Edge you know that makes startups successful”