Daniel Tarockoff is a Partner at Vine Ventures where he invests in companies taking a novel approach to conscious health and wellness such as Tripp, Othership & Psygen.

Previously Daniel worked in strategy consulting for 5 years at Strategy&. In this episode he explains the contrast between corporate and startup life and how this related to him finding meaningful work he is passionate about.

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Timestamps:

00:43 Intro

01:05 Vine Ventures Mission

02:38 What does Daniel invest in?

03:47 Pushing towards people taking more ownership of their lifes

15:04 Why did Daniel leave his good job i

29:45 Why do people do MBAs?

32:40 The best people daniel met at his MBA

34:01 Alex Lieberman At Uni

36:27 The top 3 things a VC looks for in early stage companies

38:26 The standards expected of startup founders

43:31 Routes into vc

54:30 Howmuch does a vc make?

58:50 Why does Daniel stay in the game if not for money?

01:02:55 The building blocks of a VC fund

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