In today's episode we sat down with Daybreak founder Rex Woodbury to breakdown the importance of "taste" in forecasting high growth industries and the startups ripe to dominate them. As a former partner at Index Ventures, Rex is planning to build a generational VC firm focused on an artisanal approach to company building not just asset management. We also explore how "consumer AI" will transform customer experiences and why AI agents will become an integral part of nearly all businesses...

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Timestamps

00:00 Introduction: Venture Capital Meets Architectural Digest

00:04 The Importance of Taste in Consumer Investing

00:29 Human Skills and PR in Venture Capital

00:49 Exploring the Remarkable Apartment

01:10 The Role of Design in Early-Stage Investing

02:00 The Anthropologist Approach to Venture

02:32 The Elusiveness of Brand and Taste

03:28 AI and the Future of Human Skills

04:29 Personal Insights: Card Game and Psychology

11:04 The Journey of Building Daybreak

12:26 The Importance of Independent Thinking in Venture

16:48 Trends and the Future of Consumer Behavior

30:19 The Vibrant Life in New York City

32:04 Conclusion and Reflections

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