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How Big Funds Change the Startup Ecosystem (VC Sunday School) + Climate: Include Ventures' Taj Ahmad Eldridge | E1407
Sunday double-header. First, Jason and Molly discuss the impact of large funds on the startup ecosystem, how fund size influences firm strategy and why big funds often seed smaller funds (2:21). For the This Week in Climate Startups segment, Molly chats with Taj Ahmad Eldridge from Include Ventures (29:42). They discuss:
1. How Taj's experience with negative health impacts from pollution helped guide his investing focus
2. Include Venture's unique fund of funds and direct investment strategy
3. Why Taj is not afraid of hardware investing (and how it's paying off)
4. How government branches can support climate tech progress
Show Notes:
(0:00) Jason and Molly introduce VC Sunday School + Taj from Include Ventures
(02:21) VCSS, Molly asks Jason if big funds are ideal
(11:30) Bubble - Get one month free of a no-code plan at https://bubble.io/twist
(12:57) Can a fund become too big to manage?
(18:20) Big funds seeding small funds and Jason's falling out with Marc Andreessen
(21:43) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist
(23:00) Building relationships in venture
(28:10) LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups
(29:42) This Week in Climate Startups with Taj Eldridge of Include Ventures
(37:28) Taj's first-hand experience with the negative externalities of pollution
(51:46) Can software investing really help solve the Climate Crisis?
(1:05:31) The latest from TWIST and Launch
Check out Include Ventures: https://www.includeventures.com/
FOLLOW Taj: https://twitter.com/Econoahmad
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood
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Sunday double-header. First, Jason and Molly discuss the impact of large funds on the startup ecosystem, how fund size influences firm strategy and why big funds often seed smaller funds (2:21). For the This Week in Climate Startups segment, Molly chats with Taj Ahmad Eldridge from Include Ventures (29:42). They discuss:
1. How Taj's experience with negative health impacts from pollution helped guide his investing focus
2. Include Venture's unique fund of funds and direct investment strategy
3. Why Taj is not afraid of hardware investing (and how it's paying off)
4. How government branches can support climate tech progress
Show Notes:
(0:00) Jason and Molly introduce VC Sunday School + Taj from Include Ventures
(02:21) VCSS, Molly asks Jason if big funds are ideal
(11:30) Bubble - Get one month free of a no-code plan at https://bubble.io/twist
(12:57) Can a fund become too big to manage?
(18:20) Big funds seeding small funds and Jason's falling out with Marc Andreessen
(21:43) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist
(23:00) Building relationships in venture
(28:10) LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups
(29:42) This Week in Climate Startups with Taj Eldridge of Include Ventures
(37:28) Taj's first-hand experience with the negative externalities of pollution
(51:46) Can software investing really help solve the Climate Crisis?
(1:05:31) The latest from TWIST and Launch
Check out Include Ventures: https://www.includeventures.com/
FOLLOW Taj: https://twitter.com/Econoahmad
FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood
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