Cathy Guo is an investor, author, and founder. She currently manages Indian investments for Antler, the world's fastest growing VC firm.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:48 Cathy's journey from China to India via the West, writing Myth of the Entrepreneur, and who an entrepreneur really is

5:07 Entrepreneurship in India v/s the U.S., and how "mission-focused" companies should think about giving back

9:16 Cathy's perspective on Indian Entrepreneurship today, and how yoga ties into this

12:37 Antler and its vision for early stage investing in India

18:42 The mental models Antler uses to identify investments

23:43 Identifying exceptional people

26:07 What separates a VC business from a traditional business?

28:49 Common characteristics of great founders

32:48 Exciting spaces in India (hint: a big one is crypto)

34:02 What is DeFi?

38:01 Developments in crypto this cycle, and Cathy's work at Dunya Labs

42:01 Opportunities in crypto

44:46 Government intervention in crypto

49:40 How can India benefit from crypto?

53:47 Cathy on her First Principles

59:46 Promises of Immortality

1:02:17 Meditation

1:07:32 What problem would you solve if money was not a constraint?