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Our guest today is Michael Hirshland, co-founder of Resolute Ventures. Resolute Ventures is a lead seed and pre-seed investment focused on backing and connecting a community of founders who share an entrepreneurial spirit and energy. Some of their consumer investments include BarkBox, Clutter, and Lumen.

We discuss:

* The current state of pre-seed & seed investing

* How he builds conviction when meeting founders

* How he thinks about risk and portfolio management

* Approach to investing in consumer-oriented companies

* Ways in which he builds community

* What parts of Web3 are investible

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