rational vc

#035 - Rational Musings: Principles for Investing, Business, Life and Learning: How to Approach Building Your Personal Principles with Rational VC

#034 - Rational Musings: Lack of Authenticity EVERYWHERE, & Applying Wall Street DNA to Venture Capital

#033 - Samir Kaji: Allocate.co, The Future of VC & Angel Investing, Emerging Managers, Market Valuations & More

This podcast episode explores the journey of Samir Kaji, CEO, and founder of Allocate, as he transitioned from a career in banking to entrepreneurship. It discusses the creation of Allocate, a platform that democratizes access to high-quality private investments. The episode also delves into the concept of investing in...

#032 - Rational Musings: The Generational Shift Within VC, Mimetic Desire, & Hiring Struggles

#031 - Rational Musings: a16z Vs. Sequoia, Future of Expertise, & Content Creation

This podcast episode explores the shifting strategies of venture firms like Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia in the competitive venture capital industry. It highlights how these firms are redefining their roles by offering additional services beyond traditional investment services, such as founder support and technical ...

#030 - Rational Musings: Angel Investing, Y Combinator Valuations, Due Diligence, Portfolio Allocation & Investment Inertia

#029 - Rational Musings: Hacker Homes, Tesla's Artificial Intelligence, Space Race, Climate Change, & OnlyFans

#028 - Will Bruey: SpaceX Veteran Raising $50MM+ from Founders Fund, Khosla, Naval Ravikant and Pioneering Space Manufacturing (Varda.com)

This podcast episode explores the shift from discussing food delivery startups to harder technology, with a focus on space exploration and in-space manufacturing. The guest, an experienced engineer from SpaceX, shares his journey transitioning to the finance industry and the value of his engineering background in the f...

#027 - Rational Musings: Emerging VC Managers, Space Race, Self-Aware Founders, & Fundraising Records

#026 - Rational Musings: James Anderson, Startup Boom, Woke Culture In Big Tech, Microsoft Moves, & Investing In Nvidia

Structural and cultural barriers to entrepreneurship in the UK severely stifle innovation compared to the US. While Silicon Valley fosters a risk-taking environment that views failure as a necessary precursor to success, the UK’s regulatory landscape and cultural stigma against failure actively punish entrepreneurs. Th...

#025 - Rational Musings: Unicorns, VC Risk Appetite, Tiger Cubs, Babylon SPAC, & EU vs US Business

#024 - Rational Musings: Learnings From Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting 2021

#023 - Rational Musings: Bitcoin Crash, Now What? Revisiting Pros and Cons, Plus the State of European VC

#022 - Rational Musings: Doordash, Crazy Valuations, Apple the New King of M&A, Death of SPACs, & Hiring Forever Changed

#021 - Kiyan Zandiyeh: The World's Leading Tech Investor In Frontier Markets (SturgeonCapital.com)

#020 - Dr. Cameron Sepah: Founder, Investor, Professor, Harvard Psychologist, & Exec Coach to Elite CEOs & VCs

#019 - Giri Sreenivas: Raising $4MM From Garry Tan & Alexis Ohanian To Take Back Control Of Personal Data (thehelm.com)

#018 - Special Ep: What Cyrus Learned From Peter Kaufman on The Multidisciplinary Approach to Thinking

#017 - Amir Nooriala: From Executive At Europe's Most Valuable FinTech To Joining Accel-Backed Callsign

#016 - Ruben Harris: Educating 1-Billion People and Raising $10MM from Alexis Ohanian & Garry Tan