Josh Muccio of The Pitch on pitching, market vs. product, and the dangers of consensus investing.

Shawn Merani of Parade Ventures on investing with conviction, AI, and cheating.

Jason Freedman on Y Combinator, exits, AI, open source, and raising founders up.

Jamie Melzer on venture secondaries, pre-IPOs, and why startups are staying private for longer.

Itamar Novick on AI, anti-patterns, and the dangers of elephant hunting.

Tyler Norwood of Antler on seed investing, vibe coding, timing, and backing exceptional founders.

Han Shen on Unsexy Startups, Consumer Trends, and Investing Slightly Early.

Mark Peter Davis on the art of picking, geopolitics, and why ideas still matter.

Rick Zullo on venture alpha, seed investing, and climate volatility.

Sonia Nagar on B2B marketplaces, seed investing, and emerging manager life.

Graham Pingree on investing in small venture funds, emerging managers, and pre-seed startups.

Jenny Fielding talks about venture everywhere, pre-seed investing, and why VC doesn't scale.

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Amber Illig of The Council on essential industries, angels, AI, and proprietary deal flow.

Winter Mead on emerging managers, VC, solo GPs, and more.

Zach Coelius on spotting winners, platform risk, and why weird is good.

Alex Pattis of Riverside Ventures on angel investing, syndicates, and founder-first investing.

Colin Gardiner talks about marketplaces, network effects, and why network effects are so hard to kill.

Data geek Peter Walker talks about what's hot and not in venture capital.

Eric Golden of Canopy Capital dishes on crypto, the Fed, venture, and founder life.