- Start, Bench, or Cut: Which Emerging Manager Archetype Do You Want on Your Team? 45:30
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Themes from Allocators (1:29)
- Opportunities and Market Trends (5:49)
- Debate on Venture Returns and Fund Strategies (8:22)
- Opportunity and Market Bifurcation (13:13)
- Game: FMK – Fund Manager Scenarios (15:24)
- Discussion of the value of a founder’s experience and relationships (19:35)
- Investor Archetypes (20:48)
- Flight Risk of GPs (22:55)
- VC Contraction (25:50)
- LPs and Founders’ Perspective (29:06)
- Sourcing, Selection, and Support (32:23)
- Support for Founders (33:11)
- The AI tool for due diligence (34:05)
- First-time fund manager’s dilemma (35:19)
- What LPs should ask GPs (38:14)
- Nostalgia in the VC industry (42:17)
- Reflection on the industry’s inflection point (44:34)
- Final thoughts and takeaways (45:27)
Swimming with Allocators is a podcast that dives into the intriguing world of Venture Capital from an LP (Limited Partner) perspective. Hosts Alexa Binns and Earnest Sweat are seasoned professionals who have donned various hats in the VC ecosystem. Each episode, we explore where the future opportunities lie in the VC landscape with insights from top LPs on their investment strategies and industry experts shedding light on emerging trends and technologies. Follow along and subscribe at swimmingwithallocators.com.
The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice; instead, all information, content, and materials available on this podcast are for general informational purposes only.
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