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Helen Min knows marketing. Her journey began in 2008, working at Facebook back when it was all called Facebook and not Meta. 

From there, Helen continued to prove her marketing chops time and time again for unicorn companies. But, she knows with this great power comes great responsibility. 

In this episode, Ali sits down with her to talk about early career decisions, Navalisms, and why early-stage investing is truly more art than science. 

It's all here on the latest Stonkcast!

Mary Gao is an investor with General Catalyst and writes her newsletter on crypto called TL;DR. So it makes sense that we used our time with her to learn more about investing focus during a crypto winter. 

Gao discusses what capital and people mean in crypto, the idea of fringe concepts mattering more, and how she got her start in Venture Capital. 

Ben Braverman, the co-founder and managing partner of Flexport will be the first to tell you he's found himself in the right place at the right time more than once in his illustrious career. 

Hear the story behind his early journey into startups and taking lessons from those early days all the way to present day as he aims to heighten Flexport's mission through the Flexport Fund. 

In this episode of the Stonkcast, you'll learn Ben's take on the current market, who's making moves and at what stage, and what advice founders need to make it through these current conditions.  

Host Ali Moiz sits down with Elizabeth Yin from the Hustle Fund to talk about her thoughts on investing during a downturn. 

Hear about the history behind Hustle Fund, her previous exit as a founder, and how Ali and Elizabeth are handling the changes in the market. 

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Andrew Gluck knows the importance of community for startups. His portfolio consists of promising companies he found by cutting through the noise and understanding the details. In this episode, we discuss: tapping into market sentiment, forming a cohesive investing strategy, and approaching managing a rolling fund.

Julia Lipton is going down the web3 rabbit hole. She's been living at the intersection of crypto, creators, communities and more all putting it at the center of her portfolio at Awesome People Ventures. This episode we discuss: various web3 applications, community in Web3, and taking the "red pill"

We sat down with Ariana Thacker, GP at ConscienceVC to chat about investing in Deep Tech, the intersection of Consumer & Science, and the future of venture investing.

0:00 - 0:36 Intro
0:36 - 6:00 Thesis & Examples
6:00 - 13:08 Ariana's Investments
13:08 - 17:42 Launching a Fund
17:42 - 20:39 LinkedIn Growth Hack
20:39 - 21:18 Boston
21:18 - 23:47 Ariana's First Investment
23:47 - 24:30 Working at Cowndown Capital
24:30 - 27:06 Ariana's Top Trends
27:06 - 28:16 Optimism for the Future
28:16 - 31:48 Web3: What's Its Trajectory?
31:48 - 35:47 Thinking Critically as an Investor
35:47 - 39:05 Why invest in Venture?
39:05 - 44:29 VC in 10 Years
44:29 - 45:38 Winter Meet @ Operator Lessons
45:38 - 47:28 Hustle as an Emerging Manager
47:28 - 50:10 Crowdfunding

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We sat down with Donna Haris, GP at Builders & Backers to chat about her experience investing in healthcare, education & issues surrounding civil discourse. At Stonks, we call investing in the most important problems in society "fighting the good fight".

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In this episode of the Stonks pod, Andrew Chen from a16z join us to chat about his new book The Cold Start Problem, building network effects and investing in companies like Clubhouse.

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We sat down with Sahil Lavingia to talk about his new book the Minimalist Entrepreneur. During our convo, we chat about operating Gumroad, equity crowdfunding, tokenization applications and more.

0:00 - 1:12 Intro
1:12 - 11:12 Failure to build a $1B business
11:12 - 17:22 What Drives Sahil?
17:22 - 20:59 Sahil on Feeling Fear
20:59 - 25:20 No Meetings, No Deadlines, No FTE's
25:20 - 35:50 Crowdfunding
35:50 - 48:14 Sahil's Hopes for the Future
48:14 - 53:37 Gumroad Equity
53:37 - 58:38 The Benefits of a Community of Investors
58:38 - 1:00:44 Outro

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