Ankit Sud (Principal @ NewView Capital)
Growing slow and scaling culture as you expand your team, venture funds attempting to de-commoditize themselves, and thoughts on the current state of valuations
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This week we had on Ankit Sud (@asud) of NewView Capital.
NewView is one of the top-performing multi-strategy funds in the world with stakes in Segment, Plaid, Hims, Duolingo, and many others. Within his role Ankit focuses primarily on evaluating and supporting growth-stage fintech and enterprise software companies.
In this talk, we discuss:
Growing slow and scaling culture as you expand your team
Venture funds attempting to de-commoditize themselves
Thoughts on the current state of valuations
Check out the full episode below:
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🛡 The Four Types of Defensibility
❓ Some of the best advice recommended to VC associates
🛠 Tactical advice on how to best support and engage your portfolio
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💰 Great thread and thoughts on the current state of the private market
✏️ Cool sketch notes from a Clubhouse conversation with some of the OG creators
👨💻 Venture jobs:
Kli Capital is looking for an analyst in NYC.
Urban Innovation Fund is looking for an associate in SF.
Conversion Capital is looking for a remote analyst.
Sopris Capital is looking for a remote analyst.
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