• Discussing strategies and advice for first moves when starting a business and then how to raise the first capital for a potentially high-growth high-tech business.

• Characteristics of great founders, recruiting cofounders, advisors, angels and VCs that add value.

• How to triage or think about startups that come into your inbox or orbit.

• What are the key things you try to figure out when looking at a deal for the first time.

• Discussing current 2021 valuations for raising venture rounds and valuations of exits.

• How many boards should a VC be on.

• What is the point of a board, how to run a board meeting and the role a board should play.

• Dynamics of boards and how to communicate across a board and lobby for a specific outcome.

• When should a startup form its first board of directors.

• Understanding key terms to negotiate for and how to communicate and come through with an agreement.

• Investing in startups and VC funds.

• Investment themes changing over time.

• Is the current vintage of VC a good vintage considering entry point valuations and exit point valuations.

• Advice on self-actualization and building a culture or cultural norms that matters more than cash or stock option compensation at a startup?

• How to maintain cultural norms at a high-growth company over time as things change.

• What are you optimistic about?

• Life after death, the universe, the meaning of life and how that focuses decisions we make now.

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