7 years as an angel investor has taught Peter Livingston a lot about what it takes to succeed in venture capital. Hear about his early days with Unpopular Ventures, what "sharing carry" did for his syndicate, and where he believes the future of startup investing is going in the latest episode of Stonks Angel Investing Pod!


0:00 - 0:33 Intro
0:33 - 4:17 How Unpopular Ventures Started
4:17 - 5:25 Background
5:25 - 9:11 Unpopular Ventures Thesis
9:11 - 11:08 Rolling Fund
11:08 - 12:42 Carry Share for Scouts
12:42 - 20:19 Building a Network & The Future of Syndicates
20:19 - 23:08 Value Add
23:08 - 29:59 Investment Strategy
29:59 - 31:14 Rolling fund vs Syndicate
31:14 - 38:35 Trends in Venture Capital
38:35 - 40:46 Peter's Favorite Investment?
40:46 - 42:13 Outro

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We sat down with Stonks CEO Ali Moiz to chat about his entrepreneurial journey - from selling trading cards, to dropping out, to raising from Sequoia Capital.  Ali Moiz is the former CEO Streamlabs that sold to Logitech for $100m+, today he runs Stonks.com to democratize investing in startups. 

0:00 - 1:28 Intro
1:28 - 3:33 Dropping Out
3:33 - 7:39 Opening Question
7:39 - 12:01 Ali's Early Businesses
12:01 - 15:45 StreamLabs Insight
15:45 - 21:14 Evaluating Pivoting Startups
21:14 - 27:00 Raising from Sequoia Capital, Naval Ravikrant & Momentum
27:00 - 30:06 Stonks
30:06 - 38:26 Poor Founders
38:26 - 43:59 Future of Investing Markets
43:59 - 45:41 Outro

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Brian Nichols from Hustle Fund & the Uplyft Angel Syndicate join us to chat about his experiences in venture and how his experience as an early Lyft employee shapes his investing worldview.

If you're curious about the world of angel investing, go to stonks.com to join one of our upcoming demo days.

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In the first episode of the Stonks Founder Series Podcast, Ali hops on Zoom with friends Kevin and Pradeep and have a fascinating conversation about scaling up grocery delivery in a time when no one cared about it.