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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 15: Michael J Skok, Serial Entrepreneur and Investor

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In the ‘Seedcamp Podcast Series’ we talk with key people in the tech startup industry to hear their stories and gleam key advice and learnings from their experiences.

As an entrepreneur of 20+ years, turned venture capitalist for the last decade+, Michael is passionate about investing to accelerate innovation and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs. He is a lecturer at Harvard University, and shares lots of his amazingly relevant content on his blog.

Carlos had the chance to sit down with Michael during the Boston stop of our US Trip and ask him many questions about his background and his views on governance in a startup.

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 14: Spencer Lazar of General Catalyst

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In the ‘Seedcamp Podcast Series’ we talk with key people in the tech startup industry to hear their stories and gleam key advice and learnings from their experiences.

While in NYC on our US Trip, we had the chance to catch up with Spencer Lazar of General Catalyst. Spencer has been a long-time friend and is one of those few VCs who has been a product manager turned VC turned founder turned VC again, so it was great to catch up with him and hear his story.

From GC’s website: Spencer focuses on early stage software & internet investments, with a particular interest in online marketplaces, mobile applications, web services, and enterprise IT.

He was previously the cofounder of Spontaneously, Inc – an iOS development studio. Prior to that he was an early stage software & internet investor at Accel in London, where he sourced and worked with companies including Hailo, Birchbox, Bonobos, ForgeRock, and Qriously. Preceding that, he was a growth equity investor at Insight Venture Partners, where he sourced & helped manage the firm’s investments in 3P Learning, BeyondTrust, and GenArts. He started his career as a product manager at the mobile enterprise software developer, ScrollMotion.

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 13: Andrew & James of Valar Ventures

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In the ‘Seedcamp Podcast Series’ we talk with key people in the tech startup industry to hear their stories and gleam key advice and learnings from their experiences.

We had the chance to catch up with long-time friends Andrew and James of Valar Ventures during Seedcamp’s US Trip stop in NYC.

Valar – a co-investor in TransferWise with us and other investors – is unique amongst US-based VCs, in its mandate to “look for exceptionally talented founders who are creating beautiful products that are valuable across multiple geographies.”

In their words: Valar’s core thesis is that an increasing number of transformative technology companies are being started outside of Silicon Valley and the United States, and that the founders of those companies will benefit from having a US partner that understands their unique challenges and opportunities and can help them achieve optimal growth.

We talked about what they look for in an investment, but also key things they’ve seen work (and not).

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 12: Lucas Nelson of Gotham Ventures

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In the ‘Seedcamp Podcast Series’ we talk with key people in the tech startup industry to hear their stories and gleam key advice and learnings from their experiences.

On the very first day of Seedcamp’s Spring US Trip, we had the chance to visit Lucas Nelson of Gotham Ventures. With a background in hacking and a clear interest in the more technical companies and founders, he provides a very unique view into the world of investing and adding value as an investor.

During his chat with Seedcamp Partner Carlos, Lucas’ interest in helping CTOs surfaced. Through his co-creation of startupctosummit.com he provides CTOs a way to share their learnings with each other, and shares some of the top mistakes during our talk.

If you’re ever in NYC, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Lucas.

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Seedcamp Podcast, Episode 11: Gearoid O’Rourke on Design

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In the ‘Seedcamp Podcast Series’ we talk with key people in the tech startup industry to hear their stories and gleam key advice and learnings from their experiences.

Gearoid O’Rourke, Growth & Design lead at Hassle.com joined Carlos to discuss the subtleties behind the different styles of design thinking, and how founders should start thinking about design early on in their company’s journey. During their chat, Gearoid mentioned a couple of resources, including:

In particular, they discuss:

  • How Gearoid became involved in design
  • Where designers can add value
  • What design is and isn’t
  • How founders should think about design if they’re not a designer
  • How to know when design is ‘good enough’

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