WOW are you in for a treat. Charlie O'Donnell joins me in this one and we dive into his background, quantitative decision making, strategy for a $10 - $20 MM fund, and Charlie's investment in SinglePlatform. Charlie has an awesome background stemming from his early days at the General Motor's pension fund and then learning at Union Square Ventures as well as First Round Capital. He is currently raising and deploying his third fund at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. 

In this episode we mention Charlie's blog a lot... so I'll just link the whole thing here. It's worth checking out, but if you don't feel like sifting through, I'll link my favorite ones below (:

Why do you win?

The Uber that Never Was

The Double Standard of Female CEOs Moving Fast and Breaking Things

In all honesty, this SinglePlatform story is one of the coolest things I've heard in a while. 

Jenny Friedman is a General Partner @ SupernodeVC in NYC. Prior to her role at Supernode, Jenny primarily invested in early stage, mobile first tech at Eniac Ventures. Prior to that she worked at e-commerce startup, Minibar Delivery, focusing on analytics and business development. She graduated with honors from both the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Business School. 

More info on New Age Meats: https://www.newagemeats.com/ 

More info on Jenny and Supernode: https://supernode.vc/team 

Jenny's Medium where she shares more on the NAM investment! https://medium.com/@jenny_7157 

Todd White is a serial entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and founder of Dry Farm Wines which addresses the hidden issues with the wine industry. During this episode, we'll chat about the issues Todd noticed that led to him building his business as well as other key factors that have led to their success. Find more info on Dry Farm Wines here: https://www.dryfarmwines.com/

Colin Keeley is a Chicago based early-stage investor and founder. His venture studio is currently working on Avocado (audio course platform), FinanceFuel (small business lending), and Automic (a Robotic Process Automation monitor). He is also the host of a podcast called Tech in Chicago, where he interviews Chicago's top founders and investors. The blog post we mention can be found @ https://colinkeeley.com/ . Keep up to date with what Colin is working on via Twitter @ColinKeeley

Matt McGowan is currently the director and GM at Snapchat. He is also a partner at C2 Ventures, on the board of CPA Ontario, and a mentor at Adweek. Matt started his career on Wall Street and quickly left to join the emerging tech scene. We chat about 2 notable experiences Matt had at PropertyRoom.com and Incisive Media. https://twitter.com/matt_mcgowan / [email protected] / Snapchat @McGowanMatt

Kimberly Steward is an American film producer known for such films as Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People. She also produced Manchester by the Sea in 2016 through her production company, K Period Media, in which she was nominated for an Academy Award. https://www.instagram.com/kperiodmedia/?hl=en -> K Period Media's Instagram. https://www.kperiodmedia.com/home -> K Period Media's website

Episode #2 of this new series... this one is with Jake Fleshner who works extremely close with David Meltzer. Jake's story of getting his role is something a lot of people should take to heart and it was great getting his insights on the matter. 

Brian Wong is the founder of Kiip, author of The Cheat Code, and now managing partner of BW Growth Ventures. As mentioned in the discussion, the link to find Brian's blog posts is brianwong.co

Sarah Evans is the founder and CEO of Sevans Strategy and Sevans Digital PR. She has worked with brands such as SAP, PayPal, Cox Communications, Adobe, and Shorty Awards. You can follow Sarah on Twitter @prsarahevans, IG @sarahevans and her website sevanspr.com 

Alex is an entrepreneur currently building Upstream, the best professional groups product. He previously founded Social Rank (acquired) and worked for Dwolla & Aviary. You can follow Alex on Twitter @ajt and Upstream @JoinUpstream... Upstream is also currently available for download on the App Store.