You can't fight your way through extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds.” (on investing)— Mike Edelhart

Today’s guest is Mike Edelhart, Managing Partner for Joyance Partners & Social Starts Venture Capital— investing in the emerging science of health and happiness. The funds have achieved great success, effectively investing in multiple unicorns and companies exceeding 100MM in valuation. 

Before becoming a full-time investor, Mike was the original Executive Editor of PC Magazine and was later an executive vice president at Ziff Davis. He has also been CEO at many startups, including Olive Software, Inman News, and Zinio.

Mike is filled with incredibly rich experiences, insights, and learnings from serial company-building, venture-investing, and technology. By combining the best of people with the best of technology, Mike and the team have been able to effectively analyze and evaluate companies at the earliest stages — inception. 

ANYONE who is actively involved in building the future will enjoy this :)

“If you just look at historically, a lot of really great companies started during recessions. Why? Because big companies are wide open to new things during recessions.”

—Mike Edelhart

Highlights

• Scientific-investing— pipedream or reality? 
• What’s ‘love’ got to do with successful investing, really?
• Combining the best of people and the best of technology to secure opportunities others can’t see. 
• The merits of 'meritocracy (and other positive side-effects).